Ten years from the Antarctic Sub-millimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory
Beginning with the winter season of 1995 and for the next ten years, the Antarctic Sub-mm Telescope and Remote Observatory (AST/RO, Stark et al . 1997; Stark et al . 2001; < http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/ASTRO/ >), a 1.7m diameter, offset Gregorian telescope located at an altitude of 2847...
Published in: | Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
2006
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921307012264 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1743921307012264 |
Summary: | Beginning with the winter season of 1995 and for the next ten years, the Antarctic Sub-mm Telescope and Remote Observatory (AST/RO, Stark et al . 1997; Stark et al . 2001; < http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/ASTRO/ >), a 1.7m diameter, offset Gregorian telescope located at an altitude of 2847m at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station collected sub-mm and Terahertz data in the 1.3mm to 200μm wavelength bands. From its location just a few hundred meters away from the geophysical South Pole, AST/RO was the first sub-mm telescope to over-winter on the polar plateau, a location uniquely suited to high quality sub-mm observations due its very low humidity, high atmospheric stability and thin troposphere (Chamberlin et al . 1997). |
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