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aperture synthesis [′ap·ə‚chər ‚sin·thə·səs] (electromagnetism) The use of one or more pairs of instruments of relatively small aperture, acting as interferometers, to obtain the information-gathering capability of a telescope of much larger aperture. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Baldwin of the University of Cambridge and his colleagues used the combination telescope, known as COAST (Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope), to examine Capella, a double star system 40 light-years away. Hewish collects the Nobel Prize for Physics eight years later, sharing it with Sir Martin Ryle, Astronomer Royal, whose technique of aperture synthesis had made many of the observations possible. |
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