New Interferometers and Improvements To Existing Interferometers
| Interferometer and observing mode | Waveband | Limiting magnitude | Minimum baseline (m) |
Maximum baseline (m) | Approx. no. visibility measurements per year |
Max ratio of no. phase / no. amplitude measurements |
Accuracy of amplitude2 measurements | Accuracy of phase measurements |
Number of spectral channels |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LBTI |
J, H, K | >20 | 0 | 22 | 10000000 | 1 | 30% | 100 | 100? | 2006? |
| MRO | R, I, J, H, K | 14 | 7 | 400 | 100000 | 0.6 | 1% | 10 | 1000? | Under Construction |
| VLTI |
J, H, K | 12 | 8 | 200 | 10000 | 1 | 1% | 0.1 | 4000? | Operating every night 2008? |
| VLTI |
J, H, K | 14 | 46 | 130 | 500 | 1 | 1% | 0.3 | 4000? | 2008? |
Read more about this topic: List Of Astronomical Interferometers At Visible And Infrared Wavelengths
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