VLTI-AMBER observations of Eta Carinae with the FINITO fringe tracker and spectral resolution 12000

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7013, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Weigelt, Gerd ^a   Chesneau, Olivier ^b   Driebe, Thomas ^a   Foy, Renaud ^c   Fraix Burnet, Didier ^d   Groh, Jose H ^a   Hofmann, Karl Heinz ^a   Kraus, Stefan ^a   Malbet, Fabien ^d   Marconi, Alessandro ^e   Mathias, Philippe ^b   Millour, Florentin ^a   Monin, Jean Louis ^d   Petrovy, Romain G ^b   Rantakyrö, Frederik ^f   Richichi, Andrea ^g   Schertl, Dieter ^a   Schöller, Markus ^g   Stee, Philippe ^b   Testi, Leonardo ^g   Wittkowski, Markus ^g   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^g EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

carinae; Emission lines; Infrared; Interferometry; Mass loss; Spectroscopy; VLTI; Winds

Indexed keywords

AMBER; GEODETIC SATELLITES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; TELESCOPES;

EMISSION LINES; ETA CARINAE; EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY; FRINGE TRACKER; INFRA RED INTERFEROMETRY; INFRARED; MASS LOSS; NEAR INFRA-RED; OPTICAL-; SPECTRAL-RESOLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY; VERY LARGE TELESCOPE INTERFEROMETER; VLTI; WINDS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 52249117874     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.796204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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