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Visibility science operations with the Keck Interferometer

Wizinowich, P.·Akeson, R.·Colavita, M.·Gathright, J.·Appleby, E.·Bell, J.·Booth, A.·Dahl, W.·Hrynevych, M·Lynn, I.·Millan-Gabet, R.·Neyman, C.·Rudeen, A.·Saloga, T.·Summers, K.·Tsubota, K.
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The visibility science mode of the Keck Interferometer fully transitioned into operations with the successful completion of its operational readiness review in April, 2004. The goal of this paper is to describe this science mode and the operations structure that supports it.

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Wizinowich, P., Akeson, R., Colavita, M., Gathright, J., Appleby, E., Bell, J., Booth, A., Dahl, W., Hrynevych, M, Lynn, I., Millan-Gabet, R., Neyman, C., Rudeen, A., Saloga, T., Summers, K., Tsubota, K.. 2004-01-21. Visibility science operations with the Keck Interferometer. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20060043873

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