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MI-6: Michigan interferometry with six telescopes
Abstract
Based on the success of four-telescope imaging with the Michigan Infrared Combiner (MIRC) on the CHARA Array, our Michigan-based group will now upgrade our system to combine all six CHARA telescope simultaneously. In order to make this observationally efficient, we have had to improve a number of subsystems and commission new ones, including the new CHAMP fringe tracker, the introduction of photometric channels, the upgrading of the realtime operating systems, and the obvious hardware and software upgrades of the control system and the data pipeline. Here we will discuss the advantages of six-telescope operation, outline our upgrade plans and discuss our current progress.
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© 2010 SPIE The International Society for Optical Engineering. This work has been supported by the University of Michigan, the National Science Foundation (NSF-ST-0352723, 0707927, 0807577) and NASA (NRA-NNG04GC00G,). Thanks also to UM machinist Scott Webster and the whole CHARA array team that makes science with MIRC possible.Attached Files
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