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

• Published in: SPIE Proceedings, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes III
• 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: unknown
• Published: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 2010
• Subjects: Gattini; Dome A; PLATO observatory; Antarctic wide field surveys; cosmic web; site testing; cloud cover; aurora; night sky brightness; Antarc*; Antarctic; International Polar Year; Polar Research Institute of China; South pole; United States Antarctic Program
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858187

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...