Measuring the sizes of stars |
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| Authors: | R Hanbury Brown |
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| Institution: | (1) Chatterton Astronomy Department, School of Physics, University of Sydney, 2006, N.S. W., Australia |
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| Abstract: | The Chatterton Astronomy Department aims to apply interferometers with very high resolving power to optical astronomy. The
programme of the stellar intensity interferometer at Narrabri Observatory was completed in 1972 and since then the work has
been directed towards building a more sensitive instrument with higher resolving power. As a first step a much larger intensity
interferometer was designed but was not built because it was large, expensive and not as sensitive as desired. Efforts are
now being made to design a more sensitive and cheaper instrument. A version of Michelson’s stellar interferometer is being
built using modern techniques. It is hoped that it will reach stars of magnitude +8 and will work reliably in the presence
of atmospheric scintillation. It is expected to cost considerably less than an intensity interferometer of comparable performance.
The pilot model of this new instrument is almost complete and should be ready for test in 1984.
Text of an Academy Lecture delivered at the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore on January 27, 1984. |
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| Keywords: | stars angular diameter interferometry atmospheric scintillation |
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