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The Antarctic plateau contains the best sites on earth for many forms of astronomy, but none of the existing bases were selected with astronomy as the primary motivation. In this paper, we try to systematically compare the merits of potential observatory sites. We include South Pole, Domes A, C and...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.250.8399 2023-05-15T13:54:53+02:00 Anglo-Australian Observatory Will Saunders Jon S. Lawrence John W. V. Storey Michael C. B. Ashley Seiji Kato Patrick Minnis David M. Winker Guiping Liu Craig Kulesa The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 905 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.250.8399 http://arxiv.org/pdf/0905.4156v1.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.250.8399 http://arxiv.org/pdf/0905.4156v1.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://arxiv.org/pdf/0905.4156v1.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-07T19:44:30Z The Antarctic plateau contains the best sites on earth for many forms of astronomy, but none of the existing bases were selected with astronomy as the primary motivation. In this paper, we try to systematically compare the merits of potential observatory sites. We include South Pole, Domes A, C and F, and also Ridge B (running NE from Dome A), and what we call ‘Ridge A ’ (running SW from Dome A). Our analysis combines satellite data, published results and atmospheric models, to compare the boundary layer, weather, free atmosphere, sky brightness, precipitable water vapour, and surface temperature at each site. We find that all Antarctic sites are likely compromised for optical work by airglow and aurorae. Of the sites with existing bases, Dome A is the best overall; but we find that Ridge A offers an even better site. We also find that Dome F is a remarkably good site. Dome C is less good as a thermal infrared or terahertz site, but would be able to take advantage of a predicted ‘OH hole ’ over Antarctica during Spring. Subject headings: Review (regular), Astronomical Phenomena and Seeing 1. Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica South pole South pole Unknown Antarctic Dome F ENVELOPE(39.700,39.700,-77.317,-77.317) South Pole The Antarctic |
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The Antarctic plateau contains the best sites on earth for many forms of astronomy, but none of the existing bases were selected with astronomy as the primary motivation. In this paper, we try to systematically compare the merits of potential observatory sites. We include South Pole, Domes A, C and F, and also Ridge B (running NE from Dome A), and what we call ‘Ridge A ’ (running SW from Dome A). Our analysis combines satellite data, published results and atmospheric models, to compare the boundary layer, weather, free atmosphere, sky brightness, precipitable water vapour, and surface temperature at each site. We find that all Antarctic sites are likely compromised for optical work by airglow and aurorae. Of the sites with existing bases, Dome A is the best overall; but we find that Ridge A offers an even better site. We also find that Dome F is a remarkably good site. Dome C is less good as a thermal infrared or terahertz site, but would be able to take advantage of a predicted ‘OH hole ’ over Antarctica during Spring. Subject headings: Review (regular), Astronomical Phenomena and Seeing 1. |
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