The 'precision optical interferometry in space' instrument, or 'POINTS', is an astrometric interferometer design concept which as currently configured possesses a pair of 2-m baselines and four 25-cm telescopes. Fully assembled with its support spacecraft, POINTS would take up one-third of the Space Shuttle cargo bay. For a pair of tenth-magnitude stars about 90 deg apart, POINTS would yield a separation that was uncertain by 5 microarcsecs after 10-min observation. Both instrument design and mission aspects are discussed.


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    Titel :

    POINTS - A small astrometric interferometer in space


    Beteiligte:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.1986


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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