Progress report on the construction of the Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer at the Lowell Observatory

Nathaniel M. White; Robert L. Millis; Otto G. Franz; J. Michael Loven; Donald J. Hutter; Kenneth J. Johnston; J. Thomas Armstrong; David Mozurkewich

doi:10.1117/12.177245

9 June 1994 Progress report on the construction of the Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer at the Lowell Observatory

Nathaniel M. White, Robert L. Millis, Otto G. Franz, J. Michael Loven, Donald J. Hutter, Kenneth J. Johnston, J. Thomas Armstrong, David Mozurkewich

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Proceedings Volume 2200, Amplitude and Intensity Spatial Interferometry II; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177245
Event: 1994 Symposium on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation for the 21st Century, 1994, Kailua, Kona, HI, United States

Abstract

The Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer (NPOI) at the Lowell Observatory near Flagstaff, Arizona is a tri-baseline stellar interferometer with specific design characteristics for astrometry and imaging. All major construction has been completed. Installation of scientific instrumentation began in July 1993 with first light expected during the Spring 1994. Here we present a description of the location, physical plan, and construction of the interferometer.

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Nathaniel M. White, Robert L. Millis, Otto G. Franz, J. Michael Loven, Donald J. Hutter, Kenneth J. Johnston, J. Thomas Armstrong, and David Mozurkewich "Progress report on the construction of the Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer at the Lowell Observatory", Proc. SPIE 2200, Amplitude and Intensity Spatial Interferometry II, (9 June 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177245

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