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• Active optics — is a relatively new technology for reflecting telescopes developed in the 1980s, which has more recently enabled the construction of a generation of telescopes with 8 metre primary mirrors. Active optics works by actively adjusting the telescope… …   Wikipedia

• Astronomical interferometer — An astronomical interferometer is an array of telescopes or mirror segments acting together to probe structures with higher resolution. Astronomical interferometers are widely used for optical astronomy, infrared astronomy, submillimetre… …   Wikipedia

• ASFIR — Active Swept Frequency Interferometer Radar ( > IEEE Standard Dictionary ) …   Acronyms

• ASFIR — Active Swept Frequency Interferometer Radar ( > IEEE Standard Dictionary ) …   Acronyms von A bis Z

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• Astronomical optical interferometry — One of the first astronomical interferometers was built on the Mount Wilson Observatory s reflector telescope in 1920 in order to measure the diameters of stars. The red giant star Betelgeuse was among the first to have its diameter determined in …   Wikipedia

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