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Palomar Testbed Interferometer

(PTI)
(near-infrared interferometer experiment)

The Palomar Testbed Interferometer (PTI) was a near-infrared optical interferometer at Palomar Observatory, operating from 1995 to 2008. It incorporated three 0.4-meter telescopes, using two at a time, the longest baseline being 110 meters. Its accomplishments include direct stellar radius determination of some giant stars.


(telescope,interferometer,near infrared,California,past,optical interferometer,ground)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palomar_Testbed_Interferometer
http://sites.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/about/telescopes/decommissioned.html#pti
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999ApJ...510..505C/abstract

Referenced by pages:
optical interferometer
Palomar Observatory

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