SIM PlanetQuest’s Virtual Interferometer
This application simulates a small Michelson interferometer. The goal is to align all the mirrors on the table until you see a regular pattern of dark and light bands ("fringes") appear on the monitor in the lower left corner.
The area around our own solar system showing the location of known extrasolar planetary systems (purple circles). The red sphere represents Earth's radio signature, or the distance our radio/television broadcasts have so far traveled outward.
