SP-436 Project Orion: A Design Study of a System for Detecting Extrasolar Planets

Figure 13. Schematic representation of a stellar interferometer. Light collected by two apertures separated by a distance B has a time delay S/c, where S = B sin theta). This time delay due to longer path must be compensated by a delay in the detector.

Figure 13. Schematic representation of a stellar interferometer. Light collected by two apertures separated by a distance B has a time delay S/c, where S = B sin). This time delay due to longer path must be compensated by a delay in the detector.

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