Microlensing from Dome-C with an adaptive telescope of 2m class

• Main Authors: R. Ragazzoni, C. Arcidiacono, G. Bono, BUSSO, Maurizio Maria, E. Diolaiti, J. Farinato, A. Moore, A. Riccardi, P. Salinari, R. Soci, E. Vernet, TOSTI, Gino
• Other Authors: R., Ragazzoni, C., Arcidiacono, G., Bono, Busso, Maurizio Maria, E., Diolaiti, J., Farinato, A., Moore, A., Riccardi, P., Salinari, R., Soci, Tosti, Gino, E., Vernet
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Astronomy from Antarctic; Microlensing; Adaptive Optics; Antarctic; Antarc*; antartic*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11391/993991; http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004MSAIS.5.374R

Dome-C, a local peak in the Antartic plateau, is claimed to be one of the best sites in the world for astronomical purposes. We focus here on the increasing evidence that exceptionally good seeing could be available at visible wavelengths, far exceeding what is available at temperate locations. We propose that searching for microlensing events in and by galactic globular clusters, such as 47-Tuc, using a wide-field, possibly adaptive optics corrected, 2m-class telescope, would produce unique science for a medium technical challenge.