PIONIER (VLTI)
PIONIER, developed at LAOG/IPAG in Grenoble, France, is a visiting instrument at the ESO's Paranal Observatory.[1]
The Precision Integrated-Optics Near-infrared Imaging ExpeRiment (PIONIER) is an instrument for the VLTI astronomical observatory. It combines the light from four telescopes simultaneously and provide the equivalent angular resolution of a 100 m telescope.
PIONIER has been built at LAOG and has been installed at VLTI in November 2010. After few nights of commissioning, it is now routinely delivering science data.
External links
- ipag
.osug IPAG (Grenoble) - PIONIER project home.fr /twiki /bin /view /Ipag /Projets /Pionier /WebHome - www
.osug OSUG Grenoble – PIONIER instrument.fr
- www
.eso ESO PIONIER – instrument description.org /sci /facilities /paranal /instruments /pionier .html - www
.eso ESO VLTI – about the interferometer at the VLT.org /sci /facilities /paranal /telescopes /vlti /index .html
References
- ↑ "All Four VLT Unit Telescopes Working as One". ESO Picture of the Week. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
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