Results from the South Pole InfraRed EXplorer Telescope

• Main Authors: Rathborne, J. M., Burton, M. G.
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2003
• Subjects: Astrophysics astro-ph; FOS Physical sciences; Pacific; South Pole; Burton; Amundsen-Scott; Eta; Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; South pole
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0310584; https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0310584

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 3-5um wavelength r...