The care and feeding of an Antarctic telescope

Antarctica’s Dome A region is an excellent site for housing telescopes that look at terahertz radiation. But getting the telescopes down to the continent and maintaining them once they’re in place is a challenge.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Physics Today
Main Author: Ashley, Michael C. B.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing 2013
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/pt.3.1987
https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article-pdf/66/5/60/10097634/60_1_online.pdf
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Summary:Antarctica’s Dome A region is an excellent site for housing telescopes that look at terahertz radiation. But getting the telescopes down to the continent and maintaining them once they’re in place is a challenge.