Narrow-angle astrometry with SUSI

Yitping Kok; Michael J. Ireland; J. Gordon Robertson; Peter G. Tuthill; Benjamin A. Warrington; William J. Tango

Narrow-angle astrometry with SUSI

Yitping Kok^*, Michael J. Ireland, J. Gordon Robertson, Peter G. Tuthill, Benjamin A. Warrington, William J. Tango

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Abstract

SUSI (Sydney University Stellar Interferometer) is currently being fitted with a 2nd beam combiner, MUSCA (Micro-arcsecond University of Sydney Companion Astrometry), for the purpose of narrow-angle astrometry. With an aim to achieve similar to 10 micro-arcseconds of angular resolution at its best, MUSCA allows SUSI to search for planets around bright binary stars, which are its primary targets. While the first beam combiner, PAVO (Precision Astronomical Visible Observations), is used to track stellar fringes during an observation, MUSCA will be used to measure separations of binary stars. MUSCA is a Michelson interferometer and its setup at SUSI will be described in this poster.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Resolving the future of astronomy with long-baseline interferometry
Subtitle of host publication	proceedings of a conference held at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, USA 28-31 March 2011
Editors	Michelle J. Creech-Eakman, Joyce A. Guzik, Robert E. Stencel
Place of Publication	San Francisco, CA
Publisher	Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Pages	327-329
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781583818596
ISBN (Print)	9781583818589
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	Conference on Resolving the Future of Astronomy with Long-Baseline Interferometry - Socorro Duration: 28 Mar 2011 → 31 Mar 2011

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Name	Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series
Publisher	Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Volume	487

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Conference	Conference on Resolving the Future of Astronomy with Long-Baseline Interferometry
City	Socorro
Period	28/03/11 → 31/03/11

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Kok, Y., Ireland, M. J., Robertson, J. G., Tuthill, P. G., Warrington, B. A., & Tango, W. J. (2014). Narrow-angle astrometry with SUSI. In M. J. Creech-Eakman, J. A. Guzik, & R. E. Stencel (Eds.), Resolving the future of astronomy with long-baseline interferometry: proceedings of a conference held at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, USA 28-31 March 2011 (pp. 327-329). (Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series; Vol. 487). Astronomical Society of the Pacific. http://www.aspbooks.org/a/volumes/article_details?paper_id=36597

Kok, Yitping ; Ireland, Michael J. ; Robertson, J. Gordon et al. / Narrow-angle astrometry with SUSI. Resolving the future of astronomy with long-baseline interferometry: proceedings of a conference held at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, USA 28-31 March 2011. editor / Michelle J. Creech-Eakman ; Joyce A. Guzik ; Robert E. Stencel. San Francisco, CA : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2014. pp. 327-329 (Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series).

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Kok, Y, Ireland, MJ, Robertson, JG, Tuthill, PG, Warrington, BA & Tango, WJ 2014, Narrow-angle astrometry with SUSI. in MJ Creech-Eakman, JA Guzik & RE Stencel (eds), Resolving the future of astronomy with long-baseline interferometry: proceedings of a conference held at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, USA 28-31 March 2011. Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series, vol. 487, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA, pp. 327-329, Conference on Resolving the Future of Astronomy with Long-Baseline Interferometry, Socorro, 28/03/11. <http://www.aspbooks.org/a/volumes/article_details?paper_id=36597>

Narrow-angle astrometry with SUSI. / Kok, Yitping; Ireland, Michael J.; Robertson, J. Gordon et al.
Resolving the future of astronomy with long-baseline interferometry: proceedings of a conference held at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, USA 28-31 March 2011. ed. / Michelle J. Creech-Eakman; Joyce A. Guzik; Robert E. Stencel. San Francisco, CA: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2014. p. 327-329 (Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series; Vol. 487).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution

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Kok Y, Ireland MJ, Robertson JG, Tuthill PG, Warrington BA, Tango WJ. Narrow-angle astrometry with SUSI. In Creech-Eakman MJ, Guzik JA, Stencel RE, editors, Resolving the future of astronomy with long-baseline interferometry: proceedings of a conference held at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, USA 28-31 March 2011. San Francisco, CA: Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 2014. p. 327-329. (Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series).

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