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Imaging the stars as never before<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By upgrading existing Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope infrastructure, we plan to build the largest optical telescope on Earth, with a resolution equivalent to a telescope of the size of 70 soccer fields (0.5 km\u00b2).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Intensity Interferometry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By correlating the time in which photons arrive to the telescopes with nanosecond precission, we are able to perform interferometric measurements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Camera upgrades<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Small modifications to the camera electronics are needed, in order to extract the raw, nanosecond-scale signals needed for this technique to succeed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Correlator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By using state of the art technologies developed during the surge of AI, we will validate the first 12-telescope intensity interferometry correlator.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Unrivaled resolution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If MicroStars objectives are achieved, the first km-scale interferometers will be a reality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Real-Time Imaging<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The project will validate the first real-time intensity interferometry correlator, with imaging capabilities minutes after data taking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Increasing telescopes operation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IACTs are not able to operate during bright-moon periods, while Interferometry observations are perfectly possible, increasing the operation time by 400h\/year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our Goal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Upgrading current and planned imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes to build the first km-scale optical telescope on Earth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Imaging the stars as never before By upgrading existing Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope infrastructure, we plan to build the largest optical telescope on Earth, with a resolution equivalent to a telescope of the size of 70 soccer fields (0.5 km\u00b2). Intensity Interferometry By correlating the time in which photons arrive to the telescopes with nanosecond […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-425","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microstars.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microstars.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microstars.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microstars.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microstars.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"https:\/\/microstars.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1522,"href":"https:\/\/microstars.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/425\/revisions\/1522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microstars.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}