Near-infrared sky brightness monitor for the South Pole

• Main Authors: Michael Ashley Michael, Michael G. Burton, James P. Lloyd, John W. V. Storey
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: near-infrared Antarctica astronomy site-testing 1. THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE SOUTH POLE; Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; Antarctic; South Pole; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.28.2509; http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mgb/Antbib/irpsspie.ps.gz

The antarctic plateau has the potential for being the best site on Earth for conducting astronomical observations from the near-infrared to the sub-millimeter. Particular gains are expected in the 1 to 5 micron region, where the high altitude, low water vapour content, and low thermal emission from...