The Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory (AST/RO)

• Main Authors: Stark, Antony A., Bally, John, Balm, Simon P., Bania, T. M., Bolatto, Alberto D., Chamberlin, Richard A., Engargiola, Gregory, Huang, Maohai, Ingalls, James G., Jacobs, Karl, Jackson, James M., Kooi, Jacob W., Lane, Adair P., Lo, K. -Y., Marks, Rodney D., Martin, Christopher L., Mumma, Dennis, Ojha, Roopesh, Schieder, Rudolf, Staguhn, Johannes, Stutzki, Juergen, Walker, Christopher K., Wilson, Robert W., Wright, Gregory A., Zhang, Xiaolei, Zimmermann, Peter, Zimmermann, Ruediger
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2000
• Subjects: Astrophysics astro-ph; FOS Physical sciences; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; South Pole; Milky Way; Antarc*; South pole
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0008253; https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0008253

AST/RO, a 1.7 m diameter telescope for astronomy and aeronomy studies at wavelengths between 200 and 2000 microns, was installed at the South Pole during the 1994-1995 Austral summer. The telescope operates continuously through the Austral winter, and is being used primarily for spectroscopic studie...