PIONIER: a 4-telescope visitor instrument at VLTI

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J.-B. Le Bouquin · Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble

Jean-Philippe Berger · European Southern Observatory

B. Lazareff · Université Joseph Fourier

G. Zins · Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble

Pierre Haguenauer · European Southern Observatory

L. Jocou · Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble

P. Kern

Abstract

Context. PIONIER stands for Precision Integrated-Optics Near-infrared Imaging ExpeRiment. It combines four 1.8m Auxilliary Telescopes or four 8m Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO, Chile) using an integrated optics combiner. The instrument was integrated at IPAG in December 2009 and commissioned at the Paranal Observatory in October 2010. It has provided scientific observations since November 2010.

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Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

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Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volume 535, pp. A67-A67

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117586

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