The five enigmatic cocoon stars, after which the Quintuplet cluster was christened, have puzzled astronomers since their discovery. Their extraordinary cool, featureless thermal spectra have been attr...
Interferometry in the mid-infrared atmospheric window (9-12 microns) is extremely challenging because of the high background due to emission from warm telescope optics and the atmosphere itself. Durin...
This chapter describes the science and technology of infrared and mid-infrared missions capable of detecting and characterizing exoplanets through the interferometric nulling of starlight. A probe-sca...
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Stellar Interferometry began more than 80 years ago with the pioneering measurement of the diameter of Betelqueuse by Michelson and Pease using a 20 foot beam mounted at the top of the 10011 Hooker te...