Imaging the surface of Altair and a MIRC update

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7013, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Monnier, John D ^a   Zhao, M ^a   Pedretti, E ^b   Thureau, N ^b   Ireland, M ^c   Muirhead, P ^d   Berger, J P ^e   Millan Gabet, R ^f   Van Belle, G ^g   Ten Brummelaar, T ^h   McAlister, H ^h   Ridgway, S ⁱ   Turner, N ^h   Sturmann, L ^h   Sturmann, J ^h   Berger, D ^a   Tannirkulam, A ^a   Blum, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^f Michelson Science Center   (United States)

^g EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^h GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altair; Beta lyrae; Fiber optics; Infrared; Interferometry; Rapid rotation

Indexed keywords

ALTAIR; BETA LYRAE; CENTRIFUGAL DISTORTION; FIBER OPTICS; GRAVITY DARKENING; INFRA RED INTERFEROMETRY; INFRARED; MICHIGAN; OPTICAL-; RAPID ROTATION; SCIENTIFIC RESULTS;

INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

EID: 52249085628     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789754     Document Type: Conference Paper

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