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Speckle Interferometry, Speckle Masking, Speckle Spectroscopy and Speckle Frame Selection*

  • Gerd Weigelt (a1)
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High-resolution speckle imaging is one of the most fascinating possibilities of a Very Large Telescope (VLT). Various speckle methods can yield a resolution of about 0.01" with a 8-m to 10-m VLT. As exiting as the resolution is the limiting magnitude of the speckle methods. The limiting magnitude is extremely seeingdependent. The following limiting magnitudes are possible with speckle interferometry, speckle masking and speckle spectroscopy:

4" seeing: limiting magnitude 15

2" seeing: limiting magnitude 17.5

1" seeing: limiting magnitude 20 (!)

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Based on data collected at the European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile

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