Antarctic

• Main Authors: Testing Storey School, J. W. V. Storey, M. C. B. Ashley
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; South Pole; The Antarctic; Antarc*; South pole
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.27.4312; http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mgb/Antbib/marrakech.pdf

. We review the results obtained to date by various groups site-testing on the Antarctic plateau. To further these studies, we have developed a suite of self-contained instruments for year-long site testing on the Antarctic plateau. These instruments include a UV/visible sky brightness and stellar spectrometer, a near-infrared sky-brightness monitor, and a mid-infrared sky brightness monitor. To these wehave added aRemtech acoustic radar and a low-power version of the sub-millimeter tipper originally developed by NRAO and CMU. The complete suite of instruments operates within a total power of 50 watts. These instruments have operated at the South Pole as part of the Automated Astrophysical Site-Testing Observatory (AASTO). Wehave already shown that the infrared sky brightness at the Pole can be up to 100 times lower than at temperate sites, and further data are being acquired. The AASTO will soon be deployed to other, more remote sites on the Antarctic plateau. 1. Introduction The An.