Results from the South Pole Infra-Red EXplorer Telescope

• Published in: Highlights of Astronomy
• Main Authors: Rathborne, J. M., Burton, M. G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2005
• Subjects: General Medicine; Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s153929960001769x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S153929960001769X

Abstract The SPIREX telescope, located at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, was a prototype system developed to exploit the excellent conditions for IR observing at the South Pole. Observations over two winter seasons achieved remarkably deep, high-resolution, wide-field images in the 3-5 μm wa...