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The COAST Interferometer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

G. C. Cox
G. C. Cox*
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge, Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge. CB3 0HE

Abstract

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The Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope (COAST) [1] will be the first instrument of its kind to exploit the techniques of aperture synthesis and closure phase to produce very high resolution (one milliarcsecond) optical images. The instrument will consist of four identical independent mobile 40 cm telescopes, and an optical building incorporating the path compensators and the fringe and acquisition and auto-guider detector systems. The present status is; there are three operational telescopes on site with two fully functional path compensator trolleys, an acquisition and auto-guider system capable of controlling up to four telescopes, correlator and a fringe detector system.

Keywords

Optical Interferometry

Information

Type
Optical and Infrared Interferometers and Arrays
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 158: Very High Angular Resolution Imaging , 1994, pp. 163 - 166
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994 

References

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