Astronomy on Ice
Abstract The geographic South Pole, where the United States maintains a year-round scientific station, affords a number of unique advantages for certain types of astronomical observations. These include: continuous viewing and constant declination of ail objects in the southern celestial hemisphere,...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s1323358000018282 2023-05-15T18:22:26+02:00 Astronomy on Ice Pomerantz, Martin A. 1986 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1323358000018282 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1323358000018282 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia volume 6, issue 4, page 403-415 ISSN 1323-3580 1448-6083 Space and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics journal-article 1986 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s1323358000018282 2022-04-07T09:02:42Z Abstract The geographic South Pole, where the United States maintains a year-round scientific station, affords a number of unique advantages for certain types of astronomical observations. These include: continuous viewing and constant declination of ail objects in the southern celestial hemisphere, exceedingly low humidity, extended periods of coronal seeing, high altitude, and uniform terrain. The areas of research that have already benefited immensely from thèse extraordinary features are helioseismology and submillimeter astronomy. Unparalleled observations of global solar oscillations have already yielded significant information about the structure and dynamics of the Sun’s interior. Far infrared measurements of various galactic and extra-galactic regions have attained an unprecedented level of sensitivity, limited for the first time only by the noise inherent in the detector. In addition to further helioseismological observations, currently planned future activities include observational cosmology and ultra high energy gamma ray astronomy. Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) South Pole Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 6 4 403 415 |
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Abstract The geographic South Pole, where the United States maintains a year-round scientific station, affords a number of unique advantages for certain types of astronomical observations. These include: continuous viewing and constant declination of ail objects in the southern celestial hemisphere, exceedingly low humidity, extended periods of coronal seeing, high altitude, and uniform terrain. The areas of research that have already benefited immensely from thèse extraordinary features are helioseismology and submillimeter astronomy. Unparalleled observations of global solar oscillations have already yielded significant information about the structure and dynamics of the Sun’s interior. Far infrared measurements of various galactic and extra-galactic regions have attained an unprecedented level of sensitivity, limited for the first time only by the noise inherent in the detector. In addition to further helioseismological observations, currently planned future activities include observational cosmology and ultra high energy gamma ray astronomy. |
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