Performance of the autonomous PLATO Antarctic Observatory over two full years

• Published in: SPIE Proceedings, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes III
• Main Authors: Luong-Van, Daniel M., Ashley, Michael C B, Cui, Xiangqun, Everett, Jon R., Feng, Longlong, Gong, Xuefei, Hengst, Shane, Lawrence, Jon S., Storey, John W V, Wang, Lifan, Yang, Huigen, Yang, Ji, Zhou, Xu, Zhu, Zhengxi
• Other Authors: Stepp, Larry M., Gilmozzi, Roberto, Hall, Helen J.
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SPIE 2010
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Plato; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/00a59b7b-6929-425e-9b42-124bd14e3ada; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857910; https://research-management.mq.edu.au/ws/files/62347587/Publisher%20version%20(open%20access).pdf; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77958139432&partnerID=8YFLogxK

For continuous observation at locations that are inhospitable for humans, the desirability of autonomous observatories is self evident. PLATO, the 'PLATeau Observatory' was designed to host an easily configurable instrument suite in the extremely cold conditions on the Antarctic plateau, a...