Observing with the VLT interferometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5491, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 617-627

  Wittkowski, M ^a   Ballester, P ^a   Canavan, T ^a   Comeron F ^a   Hummel, C A ^b   Kaufer, A ^b   Marteau, S ^a   Mathys, G ^b   Morel, S ^a   Nass P ^b   Percheron, I ^a   Peron, M ^a   Petr Gotzens, M ^a   Rantakyro F ^b   Richichi, A ^a   Scholler M ^b   Silva, D ^a   Van Den Ancker, M ^a   Wallander, A ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Long baseline interferometry; Observing; Operation; VLTI

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; DATA ACQUISITION; INFRARED RADIATION; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PRISMS;

LONG-BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY; SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS; VERY LARGE TELESCOPE INTERFEROMETRY (VLTI);

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 19944388554     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.550389     Document Type: Conference Paper

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