Results from the South Pole InfraRed EXplorer Telescope

• Main Authors: J. M. Rathborne, M. G. Burton
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.338.5127; http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0310584v1.pdf

Abstract. The SPIREX telescope, located at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, was a prototype system developed to exploit the excellent conditions for IR observing at the South Pole. Observations over two winter seasons achieved remarkably deep, high-resolution, wide-field images in the 3–5µm wa...