| Issue |
Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 118, Number 3, September 1996
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| Page(s) | 517 - 524 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1996217 | |
| Published online | 15 September 1996 | |
Resolved imaging of extra-solar planets with future 10-100 km optical interferometric arrays
Collège de France & Observatoire de Haute Provence (CNRS), F-04870 Saint Michel l'Observatoire, France e-mail: labeyrie@obshpx.obs-hp.fr
Received:
3
January
1996
Accepted:
30
January
1996
In the recent years, interferometric arrays of optical telescopes have reached sizes of the order of 100 m, but they have yet to produce high-resolution images. The analysis of image formation now shows that such images are theoretically obtainable directly in the recombined focal plane, if there are enough telescopes. Resolved images of extra-solar planets are in principle obtainable with 10 km ground-based arrays.
Key words: techniques: interferometric planetary systems
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