An update on the CHARA array
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2016
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ten Brummelaar, Theo
Gies, D. G.
McAlister, H.
Ridgway, S. T.
Sturmann, J.
Sturmann, Laszlo
Schaefer, G. H.
Turner, N. H.
Farrington, C.
Scott, N. J.
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SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
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The CHARA Array, operated by Georgia State University, is located at Mount Wilson Observatory just north of Los Angeles in California. The CHARA consortium includes many groups, including LIESA in Paris, Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur, the University of Michigan, Sydney University, the Australian National University, the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, and most recently the University of Exeter. The CHARA Array is a six-element optical/NIR interferometer, and for the time being at least, has the largest operational baselines in the world. In this paper we will give a brief introduction to the array infrastructure with a focus on our Adaptive Optics program, and then discuss current funding as well as opportunities of funding in the near future.
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Proceedings of SPIE Volume 9907- The International Society for Optical Engineering
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