Astronomy in Australia Astronomy and Astrophysics from Antarctica

• Main Author: John W. V. Storey
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Amundsen-Scott; Antarctic; Dome F; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.296.1830; http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jacara/Papers/pdf/aappps_storey2009.pdf

The Antarctic plateau is a new frontier for astronomy, offering superior observing conditions to those of any other groundbased site across most of the electromagnetic spectrum. The established inland Antarctic stations of Amundsen-Scott and Vostok are now being joined by new stations at Dome A, Dome C and Dome F. Plans to deploy large telescopes are already well advanced, and within a decade some of astronomy’s most capable facilities could be located on the frozen continent. 1. WHY ANTARCTICA? Astronomers have always sought the best locations for their telescopes. In early