Community Workshop on Access to the CHARA Array

The Georgia State University Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array at Mount Wilson Observatory is now open to investigators interested in exploring the universe at milliarcsecond resolution in the optical and near-infrared. The CHARA Array long-baseline interferometer offers the longest operating baselines in the world and enables diverse investigations, such as the measurement stellar angular diameters and shapes, and studies of orbiting companions and circumstellar environments. Community access to CHARA is funded by an NSF/MSIP award.

Open access to the Array will continue in the NOAO 2018A observing semester, and some 25 nights per semester will be available to the community. Proposals will be selected through the NOAO time allocation process. Many potential investigators may be new to interferometry, so CHARA scientists are planning to host a series of community workshops at locations around the US. The next two workshops will be held at:
  • University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio on Friday, 8 September 2017
  • Caltech/IPAC in Pasadena, California on Sunday, 8 October 2017

Information and registration are available at chara.gsu.edu/news/community-workshops.

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When

8 September 2017

Where

University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

More information

CHARA Community Workshop