Italian plans for astrophysical observations from Antarctica

• Published in: Highlights of Astronomy
• Main Authors: Sironi, G, Dall’Oglio, G
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1992
• Subjects: General Medicine; Antarctic; Arctic; Isolated Mountain; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s153929960002267x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S153929960002267X

The characteristics which make Antarctica interesting for astrophysical research are: i) atmospheric transparency, ii) remoteness iii) geographical and geomagnetic position. Because of previous experience of observation from arctic sites in northern Europe and from isolated mountain sites, groups of Italian astrophysicists were immediately ready to go to Antarctica and bring their equipment to places not easily accessible, in a difficult environment when, about ten years, ago, the antarctic regions became more accessible.