A review of optical sky brightness and extinction at Dome C, Antarctica
The recent discovery of exceptional seeing conditions at Dome C, Antarctica, raises the possibility of constructing an optical observatory there with unique capabilities. However, little is known from an astronomer's perspective about the optical sky brightness and extinction at Antarctic sites...
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ftdatacite:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0511510 2023-05-15T13:41:49+02:00 A review of optical sky brightness and extinction at Dome C, Antarctica Kenyon, Suzanne L. Storey, John W. V. 2005 https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0511510 https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511510 unknown arXiv https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/499631 Assumed arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license to distribute this article for submissions made before January 2004 http://arxiv.org/licenses/assumed-1991-2003/ Astrophysics astro-ph FOS Physical sciences article-journal Article ScholarlyArticle Text 2005 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0511510 https://doi.org/10.1086/499631 2022-04-01T16:08:04Z The recent discovery of exceptional seeing conditions at Dome C, Antarctica, raises the possibility of constructing an optical observatory there with unique capabilities. However, little is known from an astronomer's perspective about the optical sky brightness and extinction at Antarctic sites. We review the contributions to sky brightness at high-latitude sites, and calculate the amount of usable dark time at Dome C. We also explore the implications of the limited sky coverage of high-latitude sites and review optical extinction data from the South Pole. Finally, we examine the proposal of Baldry and Bland-Hawthorn (2001) to extend the amount of usable dark time through the use of polarising filters. : 18 pages, 7 figures, 5 tables, accepted for publication in the March 2006 issue of PASP Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica South pole South pole DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic South Pole |
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The recent discovery of exceptional seeing conditions at Dome C, Antarctica, raises the possibility of constructing an optical observatory there with unique capabilities. However, little is known from an astronomer's perspective about the optical sky brightness and extinction at Antarctic sites. We review the contributions to sky brightness at high-latitude sites, and calculate the amount of usable dark time at Dome C. We also explore the implications of the limited sky coverage of high-latitude sites and review optical extinction data from the South Pole. Finally, we examine the proposal of Baldry and Bland-Hawthorn (2001) to extend the amount of usable dark time through the use of polarising filters. : 18 pages, 7 figures, 5 tables, accepted for publication in the March 2006 issue of PASP |
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