Gattini 2010: Cutting Edge Science at the Bottom of the World

• Main Authors: Moore, Anna M., Ahmed, Sara, Ashley, Michael C. B., Barreto, Max K., Cui, Xiangqun, Delacroix, Alex, Feng, LongLong, Gong, Xuefei, Lawrence, Jon, Luong-van, Daniel M., Martin, D. Christopher, Riddle, Reed, Rowley, Nicole, Shang, Zhaohui, Storey, John W. V., Tothill, Nick F. H., Travouillon, Tony, Wang, Lifan, Yang, Huigen, Yang, Ji, Zhou, Xu, Zhu, Zhengxi
• Other Authors: Stepp, Larry M., Gilmozzi, Roberto, Hall, Helen J.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 2010
• Subjects: Antarctic; Plato; South Pole; The Antarctic; Antarc*; South pole
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/22891/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/22891/1/Moore2010p12880Adaptive_Optics_Systems_Pts_1-3.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20110315-091730089

The high altitude Antarctic sites of Dome A and the South Pole offer intriguing locations for future large scale optical astronomical Observatories. The Gattini project was created to measure the optical sky brightness, large area cloud cover and aurora of the winter-time sky above such high altitud...