Site Conditions for Astronomy at the South Pole

We discuss the site conditions for astronomy at the South Pole and over the Antarctic plateau. We find that these conditions are the most favorable on Earth for sensitive observations at thermal infrared and sub-millimeter wavelengths. We further discuss plans to develop infrared facilities to explo...

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Main Authors: J. W. V. Storeya, M. C. B. Ashleya, Mg. Burtona, M. A. Phillipsa
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Antarctica
Site Testing
Astronomy
Infrared
Seeing
Antarctic
South Pole
The Antarctic
Antarc*
South pole
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.158.1238
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mcba/pubs/storey98a.pdf
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Summary:We discuss the site conditions for astronomy at the South Pole and over the Antarctic plateau. We find that these conditions are the most favorable on Earth for sensitive observations at thermal infrared and sub-millimeter wavelengths. We further discuss plans to develop infrared facilities to exploit this potential.

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