A Pictoral Overview of the CHARA Array

(The following were prepared by H. McAlister to provide an overview of the CHARA Array in words and pictures.)

CHARA Participants

Simple Interferometer

Design Features

Layout

Schematic

Milestones

Aerial of Mt. Wilson

Operations Center

Michelson Interferometer

Beam Synthesis Facilty

Enclosures

Installation

Primary Mirrors

Telescope Mounts

Vacuum Tubes

Turning Boxes

POP's

Exiting the POP's

OPLE's 1

OPLE's 2

BRT's

Subsystems

Visible Beam Combiner

Infrared Beam Combiner

First Fringes!

Last updated on 10 Jan 01