Winter sky brightness and cloud cover at Dome A, Antarctica

• Published in: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
• Main Authors: Moore, Anna M., Yang, Yi, Fu, Jianning, Ashley, Michael C. B., Cui, Xiangqun, Feng, LongLong, Gong, Xuefei, Hu, Zhongwen, Lawrence, Jon S., Luong-van, Daniel M., Riddle, Reed, Shang, Zhaohui, Sims, Geoff, Storey, John W. V., Tothill, Nicholas F. H., Travouillon, Tony, Wang, Lifan, Yang, Huigen, Yang, Ji, Zhou, Xu, Zhu, Zhenxi
• Other Authors: Burton, Michael G.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2013
• Subjects: site testing; surveys; Antarctic; Plato; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Australian Antarctic Division; International Polar Year; National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs; Polar Research Institute of China
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S174392131201664X

At the summit of the Antarctic plateau, Dome A offers an intriguing location for future large scale optical astronomical observatories. The Gattini Dome A project was created to measure the optical sky brightness and large area cloud cover of the winter-time sky above this high altitude Antarctic si...