Palomar Testbed Interferometer

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The Palomar Testbed Interferometer is an astronomical interferometer designed to combine light from multiple small telescopes to achieve extremely high angular resolution for precision measurements of stars and other celestial objects.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical interferometer ⓘ
optical interferometer ⓘ
stellar interferometer ⓘ
affiliation Caltech ⓘ
NASA ⓘ
angularResolution sub-milliarcsecond ⓘ
commissioned 1995 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
decommissioned early 2000s ⓘ
designedFor binary star characterization ⓘ
exoplanet-related astrometric measurements ⓘ
high angular resolution observations ⓘ
measurement of stellar diameters ⓘ
precision astrometry ⓘ
precision stellar measurements ⓘ
technology development for space interferometry ⓘ
firstLight mid-1990s ⓘ
hasBaselineLength 110 metres ⓘ
35 metres ⓘ
85 metres ⓘ
hasComponent three 40-cm siderostats ⓘ
hasTechnology active path-length control ⓘ
delay lines ⓘ
fringe tracking ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
Palomar Observatory ⓘ
San Diego County, California ⓘ
linked to: San Diego County

United States ⓘ
namedAfter Palomar Observatory ⓘ
numberOfTelescopes 3 ⓘ
observes binary stars ⓘ
nearby stellar systems ⓘ
stars ⓘ
operatedBy California Institute of Technology ⓘ
Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ
primaryMirrorDiameter 0.4 metre ⓘ
shortName PTI ⓘ
usedFor calibration of interferometric techniques ⓘ
development of instrumentation for the Space Interferometry Mission ⓘ
measurement of stellar orbits in binary systems ⓘ
narrow-angle astrometry ⓘ
search for exoplanets via astrometric wobble ⓘ
uses aperture synthesis ⓘ
optical long-baseline interferometry ⓘ
wavelengthRange H band ⓘ
K band ⓘ
near-infrared ⓘ

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