The Science Case for PILOT I: Summary and Overview

• Published in: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
• Main Authors: Lawrence, J. S., Ashley, M. C. B., Bailey, J., Barrado y Navascues, D., Bedding, T. R., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Bond, I., Boulanger, F., Bouwens, R., Bruntt, H., Bunker, A., Burgarella, D., Burton, M. G., Busso, M., Coward, D., Cioni, M. -R., Durand, G., Eiroa, C., Epchtein, N., Gehrels, N., Gillingham, P., Glazebrook, K., Haynes, R., Kiss, L., Lagage, P. O., Le Bertre, T., Mackay, C., Maillard, J. P., Mcgrath, A., Minier, V., Mora, A., Olsen, K., Persi, P., Pimbblet, K., Quimby, R., Saunders, W., Schmidt, B., Stello, D., Storey, J. W. V., Tinney, C., Tremblin, P., Wheeler, J. C., Yock, P.
• Other Authors: Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille Provence (OAMP), Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2009
• Subjects: cosmology: observations; early universe; instrumentation: high angular resolution; site testing; stars: formation; telescopes; Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics; [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Antarctic; Milky Way; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03646225; https://doi.org/10.1071/AS08048

International audience PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed 2.5-m optical/infrared telescope to be located at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. Conditions at Dome C are known to be exceptional for astronomy. The seeing (above ~30 m height), coherence time,...