Setting the stage for first fringes with the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer

M. J. Creech-Eakman; V. D. Romero; C. A. Haniff; D. F. Buscher; J. S. Young; A. Olivares; E. R. Ligon; I. Payne; B. Avila; S. Blevins; N. Chowdhury; R. Collins; C. Dahl; D. Das Roy; J. Dooley; D. Etscorn; S. Etscorn; A. Farris; M. Fisher; E. Garcia; M. Gabaldon; C. Gino; R. Halder; O. Hosseini; B. Jaynes; L. Jencka; P. Johnston; S. Jojola; J. Luis; J. Maes; W. Martin; T. Matthews; C. McKeen; S. Mohammadi; D. Mortimer; S. Norouzi; D. Ochoa; B. Panta; J. Pino; I. Salayandia; C. Salcido; A. Sanchez; F. Santoro; E. B. Seneta; X. Sun; D. Wilson; J. Wolfram

doi:10.1117/12.2563173

13 December 2020 Setting the stage for first fringes with the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer

M. J. Creech-Eakman, V. D. Romero, C. A. Haniff, D. F. Buscher, J. S. Young, A. Olivares, E. R. Ligon, I. Payne, B. Avila, S. Blevins, N. Chowdhury, R. Collins, C. Dahl, D. Das Roy, J. Dooley, D. Etscorn, S. Etscorn, A. Farris, M. Fisher, E. Garcia, M. Gabaldon, C. Gino, R. Halder, O. Hosseini, B. Jaynes, L. Jencka, P. Johnston, S. Jojola, J. Luis, J. Maes, W. Martin, T. Matthews, C. McKeen, S. Mohammadi, D. Mortimer, S. Norouzi, D. Ochoa, B. Panta, J. Pino, I. Salayandia, C. Salcido, A. Sanchez, F. Santoro, E. B. Seneta, X. Sun, D. Wilson, J. Wolfram

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Proceedings Volume 11446, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VII; 1144609 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563173
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The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI) is designed to operate 10 1.4m telescopes simultaneously, with baselines ranging from 7.8-347 m and limiting infrared fringe-tracking magnitudes of 14 – it is arguably the most ambitious optical/infrared imaging interferometer under construction today. In this paper we had intended to present an update of activities since the 2018 SPIE meeting as we approached a demonstration of first fringes with the facility originally anticipated for the fall of 2020. However, due to the global pandemic and a loss of funding for our project via AFRL, we have been unable to make the progress we intended. In this paper, we present results up through March, 2020 and a brief discussion of the path forward for the facility.

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M. J. Creech-Eakman, V. D. Romero, C. A. Haniff, D. F. Buscher, J. S. Young, A. Olivares, E. R. Ligon, I. Payne, B. Avila, S. Blevins, N. Chowdhury, R. Collins, C. Dahl, D. Das Roy, J. Dooley, D. Etscorn, S. Etscorn, A. Farris, M. Fisher, E. Garcia, M. Gabaldon, C. Gino, R. Halder, O. Hosseini, B. Jaynes, L. Jencka, P. Johnston, S. Jojola, J. Luis, J. Maes, W. Martin, T. Matthews, C. McKeen, S. Mohammadi, D. Mortimer, S. Norouzi, D. Ochoa, B. Panta, J. Pino, I. Salayandia, C. Salcido, A. Sanchez, F. Santoro, E. B. Seneta, X. Sun, D. Wilson, and J. Wolfram "Setting the stage for first fringes with the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer", Proc. SPIE 11446, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VII, 1144609 (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563173

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