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MRO Interferometer

(MROI, Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer)
(optical interferometer in New Mexico)

The MRO Interferometer (MROI) is an optical interferometer under construction at Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO in New Mexico. It will incorporate ten 1.4-meter telescopes, movable to any of 27 stations positioned in a Y shape, allowing baselines up to 340 meters. Light will be piped to a Beam Combining Area (BCA) where the interference will be carried out. The goal is optical aperture synthesis. The BCA and the mechanism to transfer the light to it were worked out, then the first telescope was installed in 2018, and installation of a second telescope began in 2023.


(telescope,interferometer,visible light,New Mexico,array,optical interferometer,ground,construction)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalena_Ridge_Observatory#Magdalena_Ridge_Optical_Interferometer
http://www.mro.nmt.edu/about-mro/interferometer-mroi/
http://www.mro.nmt.edu/november-25-2016-most-powerful-telescope-array-in-the-world-sees-first-images/
https://www.nmt.edu/news/2019/mro_interferometer_beasst_success.php
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020anms.confQ...6C/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022SPIE12183E..23M/abstract
WaveLFreqPhoton
Energy
  
0.6μm500THz2.1eVbeginMRO Interferometer
2.4μm125THz517meVendMRO Interferometer

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optical interferometer

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