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Interferometry

What is interferometry?

Interferometry is a technique of using more than one beam of light at a time to produce images and spectra of especially high resolution or detail. It has many uses, such as measuring the dimensions of very distant objects or the tiny wobble in stellar motions caused by extrasolar planets.



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