Technique · Photometry & Imaging

Interferometry

Combining the light of separate telescopes so they act as one much larger instrument, achieving resolution impossible for a single dish. Radio interferometry links antennas across continents; it produced the first images of black-hole shadows.

Photometry & ImagingMeasures: Fine angular detail

Knowledge connections

Member of groupPhotometry & Imaging
Associated withRadio Interferometry
Associated withAperture Synthesis
Associated withVery Long Baseline Interferometry
Associated withOptical Interferometry
Associated withFringe Tracking
Associated withLaser Interferometry

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NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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