stellar interferometer

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• stellar interferometer — noun : an interferometer attachment to a telescope for measuring objects subtending very small angles (as close double stars) …   Useful english dictionary

• Sydney University Stellar Interferometer — 30.320833333333149.54916666667 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Michelson stellar interferometer — Scheme of the Michelson stellar interferometer …   Wikipedia

• Mark III Stellar Interferometer — The Mark III Stellar Interferometer was a long baseline astronomical optical interferometer, located at the Mount Wilson Observatory, California, United States.[1] It had a maximum baseline of 32 meters and operated in wavelengths between 450 and …   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

• Palomar Testbed Interferometer — The Palomar Testbed Interferometer is a near IR, long baseline stellar interferometer located at Palomar Observatory in north San Diego County. It was built by Caltech/JPL and is intended to serve as a testbed for developing interferometric… …   Wikipedia

• optical interferometer — ▪ instrument       instrument for making precise measurements for beams of light of such factors as length, surface irregularities, and index of refraction. It divides a beam of light into a number of beams that travel unequal paths and whose… …   Universalium

• Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer — The Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer (NSII) was the first astronomical instrument to measure the diameters of a large number of stars at visible wavelengths. It was designed by (amongst others) Robert Hanbury Brown, who received the… …   Wikipedia

• Fizeau-Interferometer — Ein Fizeau Interferometer[1] (benannt nach seinem Erfinder Hippolyte Fizeau) ist ein spezielles Interferometer, das unter anderem für die Beurteilung der optischen Qualität von Oberflächen und Optiken genutzt wird. Dazu wird eine definierte… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer — (NPOI) Layout The Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer (NPOI[1] note recently the Protoype was dropped so that the facility is now called NOI ), is an astronomical interferometer [2] operated by the United States Naval …   Wikipedia

• Intensity interferometer — An intensity interferometer is the name given to devices that use the Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect. In astronomy, the most common use of such an astronomical interferometer is to determine the apparent angular diameter of a radio source or star …   Wikipedia