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    An astronomical interferometer or telescope array is a set of separate telescopes, mirror segments, or radio telescope antennas that work together as...
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    absorption or emission associated with a substance or mixture. An astronomical interferometer consists of two or more separate telescopes that combine their...
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    The Navy Precision Optical Interferometer (NPOI) is an American astronomical interferometer, with the world's largest baselines, operated by the Naval...
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    flattened at the poles due to its high rate of rotation. List of astronomical interferometers at visible and infrared wavelengths List of observatories M....
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  • This technique is the basis for astronomical interferometer arrays, which can make measurements of very small astronomical objects if the telescopes are...
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  • Here is a list of currently existing astronomical optical interferometers (i.e. operating from visible to mid-infrared wavelengths), and some parameters...
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  • The Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer (NSII) was the first astronomical instrument to measure the diameters of a large number of stars at visible...
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    scintillation or twinkling Atmospheric seeing causes the fringes in an astronomical interferometer to move rapidly The distribution of atmospheric seeing through...
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    Aperture masking interferometry (category Astronomical interferometers)
    miniature astronomical interferometer. The principal limitation of the technique is that it is applicable only to relatively bright astronomical objects...
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  • 214 MHz using the 2-element Long Michelson Interferometer), discovering some of the most interesting astronomical objects known. The telescope was operated...
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  • 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...
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  • three to four metres in diameter, flying in formation as an astronomical interferometer. These telescopes were to redirect light from distant stars and...
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    Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope, is a multi-element optical astronomical interferometer with baselines of up to 100 metres, which uses aperture synthesis...
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    that can combine them into an astronomical interferometer (VLTI), which is used to resolve small objects. The interferometer also includes a set of four...
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    interferometer, located on Mount Wilson, California. The array consists of six 1-metre (40 in) telescopes operating as an astronomical interferometer...
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    Mount Wilson Observatory (category Astronomical observatories in California)
    telescope was equipped with a special attachment, a 6-meter optical astronomical interferometer developed by Albert A. Michelson, much larger than the one he...
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  • The Mark III Stellar Interferometer was a long-baseline optical astronomical interferometer, located at the Mount Wilson Observatory, California, United...
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    of astronomical interferometers at visible and infrared wavelengths List of astronomical observatories Very Large Array — nearby radio Interferometer observatory...
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    Atacama Large Millimeter Array (category Astronomical observatories in Chile)
    The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is an astronomical interferometer of 66 radio telescopes in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile...
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  • Aperture synthesis (category Astronomical imaging)
    (or "map") of the source is produced from these measurements. Astronomical interferometers are commonly used for high-resolution optical, infrared, submillimetre...
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  • Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (category Astronomical observatories in California)
    (CARMA) was an astronomical instrument comprising 23 radio telescopes, dedicated in 2006. These telescopes formed an astronomical interferometer where all...
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    a larger antenna, in order to achieve greater resolution. Astronomical radio interferometers usually consist either of arrays of parabolic dishes (e.g...
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  • Closure phase (category Astronomical interferometers)
    to eliminate the effects of astronomical seeing in optical and infrared observations using astronomical interferometers. A minimum of three antennas...
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  • An interferometer is a device for extracting information from the superposition of multiple waves. Air-wedge shearing interferometer Astronomical interferometer...
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    Cosmic Background Imager (category Astronomical observatories in Chile)
    The Cosmic Background Imager (or CBI) was a 13-element astronomical interferometer perched at an elevation of 5,080 metres (16,700 feet) at Llano de Chajnantor...
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    designed to be used as optical astronomical interferometers such as the Keck I and II used together as the Keck Interferometer (up to 85 m) can reach higher...
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    The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect cosmic gravitational...
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    images can be computed. Such multi-dish arrays are known as astronomical interferometers and the technique is called aperture synthesis. The 'virtual'...
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  • Hypertelescope Lise association, which aims to develop an extremely large astronomical interferometer with spherical geometry that might theoretically show features...
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  • electrocardiogram Baseline (interferometry), the length of an astronomical interferometer The name Baseline may refer to: Baseline (magazine), a magazine...
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