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27theoyesterday at 12:58 PM3 repliesview on HN

> The team demonstrated that this intensity interferometer can image millimeter-wide letters at a distance of 1.36 km


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mturmonyesterday at 4:28 PM

1mm at 1.36 km works out to about 150 milliarcsec (mas), if you're used to those units from astronomy contexts.

abcd_fyesterday at 2:45 PM

Letters were 8 mm.

> To demonstrate the system’s capabilities, the team created a series of 8-mm-wide targets, each made from a reflective material and imprinted with a letter.

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Calwestjobsyesterday at 2:05 PM

intensity interferometer means it interferometers intensity of light.

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1.36 km = 0.85 miles