Bibcode
Haguenauer, Pierre; Abuter, Roberto; Alonso, Jaime; Argomedo, Javier; Bauvir, Bertrand; Blanchard, Guillaume; Bonnet, Henri; Brillant, Stéphane; Cantzler, Michael; Derie, Frédéric; Delplancke, Françoise; Di Lieto, Nicola; Dupuy, Christophe; Durand, Yves; Gitton, Philippe; Gilli, Bruno; Glindemann, Andreas; Guniat, Serge; Guisard, Stéphane; Haddad, Nicolas; Hudepohl, Gerhard; Hummel, Christian; Jesuran, Nathaniel; Kaufer, Andreas; Koehler, Bertrand; Le Bouquin, Jean-Baptiste; Lév"que, Samuel; Lidman, Christopher; Mardones, Pedro; Ménardi, Serge; Morel, Sébastien; Percheron, Isabelle; Petr-Gotzens, Monika; Phan Duc, Than; Puech, Florence; Ramirez, Andres; Rantakyrö, Fredrik; Richichi, Andrea; Rivinius, Thomas; Sahlmann, Johannes; Sandrock, Stefan; Schöller, Markus; Schuhler, Nicolas; Somboli, Fabio; Stefl, Stanislav; Tapia, Mario; Van Belle, Gerard; Wallander, Anders; Wehner, Stefan; Wittkowski, Markus
Referencia bibliográfica
Optical and Infrared Interferometry. Edited by Schöller, Markus; Danchi, William C.; Delplancke, Françoise. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7013, pp. 70130C-70130C-9 (2008).
Fecha de publicación:
7
2008
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Descripción
The ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) offers access to the
four 8 m Unit Telescopes (UT) and the four 1.8 m Auxiliary Telescopes
(AT) of the Paranal Observatory located in the Atacama Desert in
northern Chile. The fourth AT has been delivered to operation in
December 2006, increasing the flexibility and simultaneous baselines
access of the VLTI. Regular science operations are now carried on with
the two VLTI instruments, AMBER and MIDI. The FINITO fringe tracker is
now used for both visitor and service observations with ATs and will be
offered on UTs in October 2008, bringing thus the fringe tracking
facility to VLTI instruments. In parallel to science observations,
technical periods are also dedicated to the characterization of the VLTI
environment, upgrades of the existing systems, and development of new
facilities. We will describe the current status of the VLTI and
prospects on future evolution.