SUSI: An update on instrumental developments and science

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6268 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Davis, John ^a   Ireland, Michael J ^a,b   Jacob, Andrew P ^a   North, Julian R ^a   Owens, Stephen M ^a   Robertson, J Gordon ^a   Tango, William J ^a   Tuthill, Peter G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary stars; Optical interferometry; Pulsating stars; Stars; SUSI

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA REDUCTION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; PIPELINE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BINARY STARS; OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY; PULSATING STARS; STARS; SUSI;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 33749019096     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.668982     Document Type: Conference Paper

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