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Optical Aperture Synthesis with the Anglo-Australian Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

T. R. Bedding  and
J. G. Robertson
T. R. Bedding
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney
J. G. Robertson
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney
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Abstract

We propose to construct an optical interferometer to produce high resolution images by aperture synthesis. The interferometer, known as the Masked Aperture Pupil-Plane Interference Telescope (MAPPIT), will be mounted at the coudé focus of the Anglo-Australian Telescope. It will use a non-redundant aperture mask, together with closure phase methods developed for radio VLBI, to overcome the wavefront distortions which are introduced by atmospheric turbulence. By using the techniques of pupil-plane interferometry and wavelength dispersion, it is hoped that MAPPIT will have more sensitivity than many other interferometric imaging projects.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , 1989 , pp. 78 - 80
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1989

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