Astronomy from Dome A in Antarctica

• Main Author: Shang, Zhaohui
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2020
• Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM; Astrophysics of Galaxies astro-ph.GA; FOS Physical sciences; Raa; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2010.04972; https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.04972

Dome A in Antarctica has been demonstrated to be the best site on earth for optical, infrared, and terahertz astronomical observations by more and more evidence, such as excellent free-atmosphere seeing, extremely low perceptible water vapor, low sky background, and continuous dark time, etc. In thi...