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Four months on from celebrating its “first fringes” for a bright star, the MROI has demonstrated that a fringe signal can be measured for a star that appears 3000x fainter.

Dispersed power spectrum corresponding to fringes found on HIP 31377

Dispersed power spectrum corresponding to fringes found on HIP 31377

The team is making continual improvements to the observing procedures that will enable even fainter objects to be measured in the near future.