Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 110:306–316, 1998 March 1998. The Astronomical Society of the Pacific. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Antarctic Fiber Optic Spectrometer
ABSTRACT. The Antarctic Fiber Optic Spectrometer (AFOS) is one of a suite of instruments of the Automated Astrophysical Site Testing Observatory (AASTO) installed at the South Pole in 1996 December. In 1998, the AFOS will be attached to an altitude-azimuth mount and commence regular astronomical obs...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.147.8481 2023-05-15T13:53:41+02:00 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 110:306–316, 1998 March 1998. The Astronomical Society of the Pacific. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Antarctic Fiber Optic Spectrometer Maxime Boccas Michael C. B. Ashley André Phillips Anthony Schinckel John W. V. Storey The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 1997 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.147.8481 http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mcba/pubs/boccas98.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.147.8481 http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mcba/pubs/boccas98.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mcba/pubs/boccas98.pdf text 1997 ftciteseerx 2016-01-07T15:11:28Z ABSTRACT. The Antarctic Fiber Optic Spectrometer (AFOS) is one of a suite of instruments of the Automated Astrophysical Site Testing Observatory (AASTO) installed at the South Pole in 1996 December. In 1998, the AFOS will be attached to an altitude-azimuth mount and commence regular astronomical observations. In the years 1998–2000, the AASTO will be moved to other remote locations, high on the Antarctic plateau, in order to complete the site testing campaign. The AFOS experiment consists of a 30 cm Newtonian telescope injecting light into a 45 m length of optical fibers that feed a UV-visible (200–840 nm) grating spectrograph inside the warm shelter. In this paper we describe the instrument and the first results. The main requirement of the design was reliable operation in an extremely cold environment, without maintenance, for 12 months. This has been achieved despite the very low power (approximately 7 W) available to run the instrument. 1. Text Antarc* Antarctic South pole South pole Unknown Antarctic Pacific South Pole The Antarctic |
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ABSTRACT. The Antarctic Fiber Optic Spectrometer (AFOS) is one of a suite of instruments of the Automated Astrophysical Site Testing Observatory (AASTO) installed at the South Pole in 1996 December. In 1998, the AFOS will be attached to an altitude-azimuth mount and commence regular astronomical observations. In the years 1998–2000, the AASTO will be moved to other remote locations, high on the Antarctic plateau, in order to complete the site testing campaign. The AFOS experiment consists of a 30 cm Newtonian telescope injecting light into a 45 m length of optical fibers that feed a UV-visible (200–840 nm) grating spectrograph inside the warm shelter. In this paper we describe the instrument and the first results. The main requirement of the design was reliable operation in an extremely cold environment, without maintenance, for 12 months. This has been achieved despite the very low power (approximately 7 W) available to run the instrument. 1. |
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