Technique · Photometry & Imaging
Interferometry
Combining the light of separate telescopes so they act as one much larger instrument, achieving resolution impossible for a single dish. Radio interferometry links antennas across continents; it produced the first images of black-hole shadows.
Photometry & ImagingMeasures: Fine angular detail
Knowledge connections
- Member of groupPhotometry & Imaging
- Associated withRadio Interferometry
- Associated withAperture Synthesis
- Associated withVery Long Baseline Interferometry
- Associated withOptical Interferometry
- Associated withFringe Tracking
- Associated withLaser Interferometry
Sources
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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