“its resolution stupid..”

• Gemini 8-M 8 2 x 50

• CHARA 354 5.5

• Keck 1 & 2 + 165 157 + 11

• VLTI + 200 201 + 20

• VLIA ~ 1000 800 (16 x 8m) Goal: 0.001 arcsecond images at 2.2 microns  signal/noise gains ~ 10 compared to 8m telescopes sensitivity gains ~ 102 over Gemini for point like sources

Facility Baseline Collecting Area

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