The Very Large Telescope Interferometer: An update

Pierre Haguenauer; Roberto Abuter; Jaime Alonso; Javier Argomedo; Bertrand Bauvir; Guillaume Blanchard; Henri Bonnet; Stéphane Brillant; Michael Cantzler; Frédéric Derie; Françoise Delplancke; Nicola Di Lieto; Christophe Dupuy; Yves Durand; Philippe Gitton; Bruno Gilli; Andreas Glindemann; Serge Guniat; Stéphane Guisard; Nicolas Haddad; Gerhard Hudepohl; Christian Hummel; Nathaniel Jesuran; Andreas Kaufer; Bertrand Koehler; Jean Baptiste Le Bouquin; Samuel Lévêque; Christopher Lidman; Pedro Mardones; Serge Ménardi; Sébastien Morel; Isabelle Percheron; Monika Petr-Gotzens; Than Phan Duc; Florence Puech; Andres Ramirez; Fredrik Rantakyrö; Andrea Richichi; Thomas Rivinius; Johannes Sahlmann; Stefan Sandrock; Markus Schöller; Nicolas Schuhler; Fabio Somboli; Stanislav Stefl; Mario Tapia; Gerard Van Belle; Anders Wallander; Stefan Wehner; Markus Wittkowski

doi:10.1117/12.788209

The Very Large Telescope Interferometer: An update

Pierre Haguenauer^*, Roberto Abuter, Jaime Alonso, Javier Argomedo, Bertrand Bauvir, Guillaume Blanchard, Henri Bonnet, Stéphane Brillant, Michael Cantzler, Frédéric Derie, Françoise Delplancke, Nicola Di Lieto, Christophe Dupuy, Yves Durand, Philippe Gitton, Bruno Gilli, Andreas Glindemann, Serge Guniat, Stéphane Guisard, Nicolas HaddadGerhard Hudepohl, Christian Hummel, Nathaniel Jesuran, Andreas Kaufer, Bertrand Koehler, Jean Baptiste Le Bouquin, Samuel Lévêque, Christopher Lidman, Pedro Mardones, Serge Ménardi, Sébastien Morel, Isabelle Percheron, Monika Petr-Gotzens, Than Phan Duc, Florence Puech, Andres Ramirez, Fredrik Rantakyrö, Andrea Richichi, Thomas Rivinius, Johannes Sahlmann, Stefan Sandrock, Markus Schöller, Nicolas Schuhler, Fabio Somboli, Stanislav Stefl, Mario Tapia, Gerard Van Belle, Anders Wallander, Stefan Wehner, Markus Wittkowski

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Optical and Infrared Interferometry
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788209
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	Optical and Infrared Interferometry - Marseille, France Duration: 23 Jun 2008 → 27 Jun 2008

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7013
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

Conference

Conference	Optical and Infrared Interferometry
Country/Territory	France
City	Marseille
Period	23/06/08 → 27/06/08

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Haguenauer, P., Abuter, R., Alonso, J., Argomedo, J., Bauvir, B., Blanchard, G., Bonnet, H., Brillant, S., Cantzler, M., Derie, F., Delplancke, F., Di Lieto, N., Dupuy, C., Durand, Y., Gitton, P., Gilli, B., Glindemann, A., Guniat, S., Guisard, S., ... Wittkowski, M. (2008). The Very Large Telescope Interferometer: An update. In Optical and Infrared Interferometry Article 70130C (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7013). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788209

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