Preparing MIDI science operation at VLTI

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5491, Issue PART 3, 2004, Pages 1666-1677

  Morel, Sébastien ^a   Ballester, Pascal ^b   Bauvir, Bertrand ^a   Biereichel, Peter ^b   Cuby, Jean Gabriel ^a,e   Galliano, Emmanuel ^a   Haddad, Nicolas ^a   Housen, Nico ^a   Hummel, Christian ^a   Kaufer, Andreas ^a   Kervella, Pierre ^a,f   Percheron, Isabelle ^b   Puech, Florence ^b   Rantakyrö, Fredrik ^a   Richichi, Andrea ^b   Sabet, Cyrus ^b   Schöller, Markus ^a   Spyromilio, Jason ^a   Vannier, Martin ^a   Wallander, Anders ^b   Wittkowski, Markus ^b   Leinert, Christoph ^c   Graser, Uwe ^c   Neumann, Udo ^c   Jaffe, Walter ^d   De Jong, Jeroen ^d   more..

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Infrared interferometry; Instrument operation; Service mode

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; INTERFEROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBSERVATORIES; TELESCOPES;

INFRARED INTERFEROMETRY; INSTRUMENT OPERATION; SERVICE MODE;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 19944392870     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.550116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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