Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1607
Title: Continuously movable telescopes for optical interferometry
Authors: Vivekanand, M.
Morris, D.
Downes, D.
Keywords: IMAGING TECHNIQUES
INFRARED TELESCOPES
INTERFEROMETRY
SYNTHETIC APERTURES
EARTH ROTATION
INSTRUMENT COMPENSATION
LINE OF SIGHT
OPTICAL FIBERS
TIME LAG
Issue Date: Sep-1988
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Citation: Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1988, Vol.203, p195-202
Abstract: Some consequences of using continuously movable telescopes for optical astronomical image formation by aperture synthesis techniques are discussed. A simple derivation of the telescope motions is given for two cases. In the first, the telescopes move so as to lie on an ellipse which is continuously deforming with time as the source is tracked. In the second case, they lie on a straight line perpendicular to the line of sight to the star, and fixed-length optical fibers carry the light to the detector. The physical meaning of the resulting formulae and their consequences for the interferometer design are discussed.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1607
ISSN: 0004-6361
Alternative Location: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1988A&A...203..195V
Copyright: (1988) by the European Southern Observatory. Scanned images provided by the NASA ADS.
Appears in Collections:Research Papers (A&A)

Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat 
1988 A&A V203 p195.pdf8p.988.84 kBAdobe PDFView/Open


Items in RRI Digital Repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.