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Millimeter and Submm-Interferometry on MT. Graham, Arizona

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J.H. Bieging
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson A Z 85721 USA
R.N. Martin
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson A Z 85721 USA
C. Walker
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson A Z 85721 USA
J.R.P. Angel
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson A Z 85721 USA
J.M. Hill
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson A Z 85721 USA
N.J. Woolf
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson A Z 85721 USA
J.W.M. Baars
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-5S00 Bonn 1, Germany

Abstract

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This paper draws attention to the potential for use of telescopes now under construction or planned for the near future as part of the Mt. Graham International Observatory, located in the Pinaleño Mts. east of Tucson, Arizona, for interferometer observations at mm-and submm-wavelengths. The Submillimeter Telescope (SMT) should be completed by early 1993. A collaboration between the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie and Steward Observatory, the SMT is a high-precision 10-m diameter telescope which will be useful for short-wavelength VLBI observations. A large optical telescope, consisting of two 8.4-m diameter mirrors on a common mount, is in the early design stages. When completed, it will provide for short-baseline (approx. 20-m) interferometry between the two optical mirrors, as well as interferometry with the SMT over baselines of a few hundred meters.

Type
4. Plans for the Future
Copyright
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