pith. machine review for the scientific record. sign in

arxiv: 1207.2285 · v1 · submitted 2012-07-10 · 🌌 astro-ph.IM

Recognition: unknown

PIONIER: a status report

J.-B. Le Bouquin , J.-P. Berger , G. Zins , B. Lazareff , L. Jocou , P. Kern , R. Millan-Gabet , W. Traub
show 28 more authors
P. Haguenauer O. Absil J.-C. Augereau M. Benisty N. Blind A. Delboulbe P. Feautrier M. Germain D. Gillier P. Gitton M. Kiekebusch J. Knudstrup J.-L Lizon Y. Magnard F. Malbet D. Maurel F. Menard M. Micallef L. Michaud T. Moulin D. Popovic K. Perraut P. Rabou S. Rochat F. Roussel A. Roux E. Stadler E. Tatulli
Authors on Pith no claims yet
classification 🌌 astro-ph.IM
keywords pionierinstrumentapprovedastrophysicalbuiltcapabilitieschallengescommission
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

The visitor instrument PIONIER provides VLTI with improved imaging capabilities and sensitivity. The instrument started routinely delivering scientific data in November 2010, that is less than 12 months after being approved by the ESO Science and Technical Committee. We recall the challenges that had to be tackled to design, built and commission PIONIER. We summarize the typical performances and some astrophysical results obtained so far. We conclude this paper by summarizing lessons learned.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.