The Science Case for PILOT I: Summary and Overview

• Main Authors: Lawrence, J. S., Ashley, M. C. B., Bailey, J., Navascues, D. Barrado y, Bedding, T., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Bond, I., Boulanger, F., Bouwens, R., Bruntt, H., Bunker, A., Burgarella, D., Burton, M. G., Busso, M., Coward, D., Cioni, M. -R., Durand, G., Eiroa, C., Epchtein, N., Gehrels, N., Gillingham, P., Glazebrook, K., Haynes, R., Kiss, L., Lagage, P. O., Bertre, T. Le, Mackay, C., Maillard, J. P., McGrath, A., Minier, V., Mora, A., Olsen, K., Persi, P., Pimbblet, K., Quimby, R., Saunders, W., Schmidt, B., Stello, D., Storey, J. W. V., Tinney, C., Tremblin, P., Wheeler, J. C., Yoc, P.
• Format: Text
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• Published: arXiv 2009
• Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM; FOS Physical sciences; Antarctic; Milky Way; Pasa; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0905.4432; https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.4432

PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed 2.5 m optical/infrared telescope to be located at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. Conditions at Dome C are known to be exceptional for astronomy. The seeing (above ~30 m height), coherence time, and isoplanatic angle...