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LOCATION:6515 Sterling Hall
SUMMARY:Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer - A Fully Optimized
  Aperature Synthesis Array\, Astronomy Colloquium\, Michelle J. Creech
 -Eakman\, New Mexico Tech - Department of Physics\, Socorro
DESCRIPTION:I will present a brief overview of the Magdalena Ridge Obs
 ervatory Interferometer (MROI)\, being built at an altitude of 10\,500
  feet just outside of Socorro\, NM. The planned architecture of the sy
 stem will include 10 1.4-m class alt-alt telescopes\, the most modern 
 detectors operating over the 0.6-2.4 micron range\, with relocatable t
 elescopes capable of resolving sources with sizes in the range of 30-0
 .3 milliarcseconds. I will present a brief description of the techniqu
 e of optical interferometry and then demonstrate some of the science w
 hich has been done already with optical interferometers. I will introd
 uce our key science mission for the MROI and demonstrate how the desig
 n for this array will provide unprecedented\, model independent images
  for a wide variety of stellar and some extragalactic sources. The MRO
 I is being built in collaboration by two principle institutions: New M
 exico Tech and the University of Cambridge. We are following an aggres
 sive schedule and anticipate first light on the first baseline in late
  2009.<br><br>
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URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=1160
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