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...