Magdalena Ridge Observatory optical interferometer: a status report

Gary C. Loos; David J. Westpfahl; Richard F. Horton

doi:10.1117/12.457202

21 February 2003 Magdalena Ridge Observatory optical interferometer: a status report

Gary C. Loos, David J. Westpfahl, Richard F. Horton

Proceedings Volume 4838, Interferometry for Optical Astronomy II; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457202
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

The Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO) project is presently funded to design and build a facility including an optical/infrared imaging interferometer composed of up to 10 1.5 meter class telescopes and a single conventional 2.4 meter class telescope. The interferometer array will be arranged in a “Y” configuration and the use of movable telescopes will allow its reconfiguration from a very compact array with baselines up to tens of meters to a true long baseline configuration with baselines up to 400 meters. We plan to introduce adaptive optics systems on the array telescopes.

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Gary C. Loos, David J. Westpfahl, and Richard F. Horton "Magdalena Ridge Observatory optical interferometer: a status report", Proc. SPIE 4838, Interferometry for Optical Astronomy II, (21 February 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457202

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