The PLATO observatory: robotic astronomy from the Antarctic plateau
Abstract PLATO is a 6 tonne completely self-contained robotic observatory that provides its own heat, electricity, and satellite communications. It was deployed to Dome A in Antarctica in January 2008 by the Chinese expedition team, and is now in its second year of operation. PLATO is operating four...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s1743921310010811 2023-05-15T14:05:36+02:00 The PLATO observatory: robotic astronomy from the Antarctic plateau Ashley, M. C. B. Allen, G. Bonner, C. S. Bradley, S. G. Cui, X. Everett, J. R. Feng, L. Gong, X. Hengst, S. Hu, J. Jiang, Z. Kulesa, C. A. Lawrence, J. S. Li, Y. Luong-Van, D. M. McCaughrean, M. J. Moore, A. M. Pennypacker, C. Qin, W. Riddle, R. Shang, Z. Storey, J. W. V. Sun, B. Suntzeff, N. Tothill, N. F. H. Travouillon, T. Walker, C. K. Wang, L. Yan, J. Yang, H. York, D. G. Yuan, X. Zhang, X. Zhang, Z. Zhou, X. Zhu, Z. 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921310010811 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1743921310010811 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union volume 5, issue H15, page 627-629 ISSN 1743-9213 1743-9221 Astronomy and Astrophysics Space and Planetary Science journal-article 2009 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921310010811 2022-04-07T08:57:31Z Abstract PLATO is a 6 tonne completely self-contained robotic observatory that provides its own heat, electricity, and satellite communications. It was deployed to Dome A in Antarctica in January 2008 by the Chinese expedition team, and is now in its second year of operation. PLATO is operating four 14.5cm optical telescopes with 1k × 1k CCDs, a wide-field sky camera with a 2k × 2k CCD and Sloan g, r, i filters, a fibre-fed spectrograph to measure the UV to near-IR sky spectrum, a 0.2m terahertz telescope, two sonic radars giving 1m resolution data on the boundary layer to a height of 180m, a 15m tower, meteorological sensors, and 8 web cameras. Beginning in 2010/11 PLATO will be upgraded to support a Multi Aperture Scintillation Sensor and three AST3 0.5m schmidt telescopes, with 10k × 10 CCDs and 100TB/annum data requirements. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) Antarctic Plato ENVELOPE(-54.674,-54.674,-63.433,-63.433) The Antarctic Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 5 H15 627 629 |
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Abstract PLATO is a 6 tonne completely self-contained robotic observatory that provides its own heat, electricity, and satellite communications. It was deployed to Dome A in Antarctica in January 2008 by the Chinese expedition team, and is now in its second year of operation. PLATO is operating four 14.5cm optical telescopes with 1k × 1k CCDs, a wide-field sky camera with a 2k × 2k CCD and Sloan g, r, i filters, a fibre-fed spectrograph to measure the UV to near-IR sky spectrum, a 0.2m terahertz telescope, two sonic radars giving 1m resolution data on the boundary layer to a height of 180m, a 15m tower, meteorological sensors, and 8 web cameras. Beginning in 2010/11 PLATO will be upgraded to support a Multi Aperture Scintillation Sensor and three AST3 0.5m schmidt telescopes, with 10k × 10 CCDs and 100TB/annum data requirements. |
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Ashley, M. C. B. Allen, G. Bonner, C. S. Bradley, S. G. Cui, X. Everett, J. R. Feng, L. Gong, X. Hengst, S. Hu, J. Jiang, Z. Kulesa, C. A. Lawrence, J. S. Li, Y. Luong-Van, D. M. McCaughrean, M. J. Moore, A. M. Pennypacker, C. Qin, W. Riddle, R. Shang, Z. Storey, J. W. V. Sun, B. Suntzeff, N. Tothill, N. F. H. Travouillon, T. Walker, C. K. Wang, L. Yan, J. Yang, H. York, D. G. Yuan, X. Zhang, X. Zhang, Z. Zhou, X. Zhu, Z. |
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Ashley, M. C. B. Allen, G. Bonner, C. S. Bradley, S. G. Cui, X. Everett, J. R. Feng, L. Gong, X. Hengst, S. Hu, J. Jiang, Z. Kulesa, C. A. Lawrence, J. S. Li, Y. Luong-Van, D. M. McCaughrean, M. J. Moore, A. M. Pennypacker, C. Qin, W. Riddle, R. Shang, Z. Storey, J. W. V. Sun, B. Suntzeff, N. Tothill, N. F. H. Travouillon, T. Walker, C. K. Wang, L. Yan, J. Yang, H. York, D. G. Yuan, X. Zhang, X. Zhang, Z. Zhou, X. Zhu, Z. |
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