The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer: A fully optimized aperture synthesis array for imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5491, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 405-414

  Creech Eakman, M J ^a   Buscher, D F ^b   Haniff, C A ^b   Romero, V D ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COAST; Imaging; Instrument design; Interferometer; MROI

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIDGE OPTICAL APERTURE SYNTHESIS TELESCOPE (COAST); FRINGE TRACKING; INSTRUMENT DESIGN; MROI;

ASTRONOMY; BUDGET CONTROL; CAMERAS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; SCHEDULING; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TRACKING (POSITION); VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 11144352266     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552115     Document Type: Conference Paper

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