COAST: the current status

Christopher A. Haniff; John E. Baldwin; Roger C. Boysen; Amanda V. George; David F. Buscher; Craig D. Mackay; Debbie Pearson; John Rogers; Peter J. Warner; Donald M. A. Wilson; John S. Young

doi:10.1117/12.390262

5 July 2000 COAST: the current status

Christopher A. Haniff, John E. Baldwin, Roger C. Boysen, Amanda V. George, David F. Buscher, Craig D. Mackay, Debbie Pearson, John Rogers, Peter J. Warner, Donald M. A. Wilson, John S. Young

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Proceedings Volume 4006, Interferometry in Optical Astronomy; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390262
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2000, Munich, Germany

Abstract

We present a summary of the status of the Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope (COAST). Since our last report we have concentrated on improving both the efficiency of use of the array and its astrophysical capabilities. In particular we have achieved useful improvements in throughput, detector sensitivity and the efficiency of securing measurements of visibility amplitudes and closure phases. With five telescopes fully operational, COAST is now being used routinely for parallel programs of astrophysics and as a technical test-bed for its proposed successor, the Large Optical Array--LOA.

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Christopher A. Haniff, John E. Baldwin, Roger C. Boysen, Amanda V. George, David F. Buscher, Craig D. Mackay, Debbie Pearson, John Rogers, Peter J. Warner, Donald M. A. Wilson, and John S. Young "COAST: the current status", Proc. SPIE 4006, Interferometry in Optical Astronomy, (5 July 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390262

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