x1,000 Resolution of JWST But x1,000 Cheaper

Interferometers are a great tool for getting incredible resolution without building giant mirrors. Why don't all telescopes use it? What projects should we expect and what could we get from them? What are the challenges? Find out in this interview!

🟣 Guest: Dr. Gerard van Belle
https://lowell.edu/people/gerard-van-...

📜 Big Fringe Telescope:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.01386

📜 MoonLITE: a CLPS-delivered NASA Astrophysics Pioneers lunar optical interferometer for sensitive, milliarcsecond observing
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.01392

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00:00:00 Intro
00:02:05 What is an interferometer
00:13:50 Interferometers in space
00:19:37 Interferometers on the Moon
00:39:03 Detecting exoplanets with interferometers
00:46:28 The bonkers idea
00:53:48 BFT
01:03:41 Current obsessions
01:08:02 Final thoughts

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