The Science Case for PILOT III: the Nearby Universe

• Main Authors: Lawrence, J. S., Ashley, M. C. B., Bailey, J., Navascues, D. Barrado y, Bedding, T., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Bond, I., Bruntt, H., Burton, M. G., Cioni, M. -R., Eiroa, C., Epchtein, N., Kiss, L., Lagage, P. O., Minier, V., Mora, A., Olsen, K., Peri, P., Saunders, W., Stello, D., Storey, J. W. V., Tinney, C., Yock, P.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2009
• Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics astro-ph.SR; Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM; FOS Physical sciences; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Pasa; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0905.4636; https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.4636

PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope is a proposed 2.5 m optical/infrared telescope to be located at DomeC on the Antarctic plateau. The atmospheric conditions at Dome C deliver a high sensitivity, high photometric precision, wide-field, high spatial resolution, and hig...