Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1994 · 24 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsOptical AstronomyOpticsObservatory InstrumentationOptical InstrumentationTelescope OpticsAperture ArraysAperture SynthesisHigh-resolution ImagingOptical Telescope SystemsTelescope Array DesignTelescopes
The Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope, COAST, is a four-telescope array for high resolution imaging using measurements of complex visibilities and closure phases. This paper describes what its component parts are and why.