Astronomy:PIONIER (Very Large Telescope)
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The Precision Integrated-Optics Near-infrared Imaging ExpeRiment (PIONIER) is a visiting instrument at the ESO's Paranal Observatory,[1] part of the VLTI astronomical observatory. It combines the light from four telescopes simultaneously and provide 0.002 arc seconds of angular resolution, the equivalent angular resolution of a 100 m telescope.[citation needed]
PIONIER has been built at LAOG and has been installed at VLTI in November 2010.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ↑ "All Four VLT Unit Telescopes Working as One". ESO Picture of the Week. http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1139a/. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
External links
- ipag
.osug .fr /twiki /bin /view /Ipag /Projets /Pionier /WebHome IPAG (Grenoble) - PIONIER project home - http://www.osug.fr OSUG Grenoble – PIONIER instrument
- www
.eso .org /sci /facilities /paranal /instruments /pionier .html ESO PIONIER – instrument description - www
.eso .org /sci /facilities /paranal /telescopes /vlti /index .html ESO VLTI – about the interferometer at the VLT
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