The VLTI calibrators program: Getting ready for high accuracy measurements

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 286, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 105-112

  Percheron, Isabelle ^a,b   Richichi, Andrea ^b   Wittkowski, Markus ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astronomical calibrators; Diameter; High accuracy; High angular resolution; Instrumental transfer function; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347758560     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026174531367     Document Type: Conference Paper

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