Issue EAS Publications Series Volume 6, 2003 Observing with the VLTI Page(s) 127 DOI 10.1051/eas:2003010

Observing with the VLTI
G. Perrin and F. Malbet (eds)
EAS Publications Series, Vol. 6, 2003
DOI: 10.1051/eas:2003010

MIDI, the 10 m interferometer of the VLT

G. Perrin¹, C. Leinert², U. Graser², L.B.F.M. Waters³ and B. Lopez<sup>4

1</sup>  LESIA, FRE 2461, Observatoire de Paris, Section de Meudon, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France;
²  Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Koenigstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany;
³  Astronomical Institute, University of Amsterdam, Kruisland 403, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
⁴  Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, BP. 4229, 06304 Nice, France;

guy.perrin@obspm.fr
leinert@mpia-hd.mpg.de
graser@mpia-hd.mpg.de
rensw@astro.uva.nl
lopez@obs-nice.fr

Abstract
We report in this paper on the current status of the mid-infrared beam combiner of the VLTI: MIDI. We explain the interest of VLTI for this range of wavelentghs and give an overview of the main characteristics of MIDI and present its scientific targets.

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