The 10 meter South Pole telescope

• Published in: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Main Authors: Carlstrom, J. E., Ade, Peter A. R., Aird, K. A., Benson, B. A., Bleem, L. E., Busetti, S., Chang, C. L., Chauvin, E., Cho, H.-M., Crawford, T. M., Crites, A. T., Dobbs, M. A., Halverson, N. W., Heimsath, S., Holzapfel, W. L., Hrubes, J. D., Joy, M., Keisler, R., Lanting, T. M., Lee, A. T., Leitch, E. M., Leong, J., Lu, W., Lueker, M., Luong-Van, D., McMahon, J. J., Mehl, J., Meyer, S. S., Mohr, J. J., Montroy, T. E., Padin, S., Plagge, T., Pryke, C., Ruhl, J. E., Schaffer, K. K., Schwan, D., Shirokoff, E., Spieler, H. G., Staniszewski, Z., Stark, A. A., Tucker, Carole, Vanderlinde, K., Vieira, J. D., Williamson, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2011
• Subjects: QB Astronomy; South Pole; Amundsen-Scott; Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/15383/; https://doi.org/10.1086/659879

The South Pole Telescope (SPT) is a 10 m diameter, wide-field, offset Gregorian telescope with a 966 pixel, multicolor, millimeter-wave, bolometer camera. It is located at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station in Antarctica. The design of the SPT emphasizes careful control of spillover and scatterin...