The VLTI auxiliary telescopes; measured performances

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6268 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Koehler, B ^a   Kraus, M ^a   Moresmau, J M ^a   Wirenstrand, K ^a   Duhoux, P ^a   Karban, R ^a   Andolfato, L ^a   Gonte, F ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auxiliary Telescope; Commissioning; Interferometry; Telescope testing; Very Large Telescope; VLTI

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; COHERENT LIGHT; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

AUXILIARY TELESCOPES (AT); TELESCOPE TESTING; UNIT TELESCOPES (UT); VERY LARGE TELESCOPE INTERFEROMETER (VLTI);

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 33749248223     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.670639     Document Type: Conference Paper

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