Dome A site testing and future plans

• Published in: EAS Publications Series
• Main Authors: Gong, Xuefei, Wang, Lifan, Cui, Xiangqun, Feng, Longlong, Yuan, Xiangyan, Ashley, Michael C. B., Allen, Graham R., Bonner, Colin S., Bradley, Stuart G., Everett, Jon R., Hengst, Shane, Hu, Jinwen, Jiang, Zhaoji, Kulesa, Craig A., Lawrence, Jon S., Li, Yuanshen, Luong-Van, Daniel M., McCaughrean, Mark J., Moore, Anna M., Pennypacker, Carl R., Qin, Weijian, Riddle, Reed, Shang, Zhaohui, Storey, John W., Sun, Bo, Suntzeff, Nicholas B., Tothill, Nicholas F. H. (R17058), Travouillon, Tony, Walker, Christopher K., Yan, Jun, Yang, Huigen, Yang, Ji, York, Don G., Zhang, Xuguo, Zhang, Zhanhai, Zhou, Xu, Zhu, Zhenxi
• Other Authors: Spinoglio, Luigi (Editor), Epchtein, N. (Editor), ARENA Conference (Event place)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: France, EDP Sciences 2010
• Subjects: 020102 - Astronomical and Space Instrumentation; 970102 - Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences; Antarctic; Austral; Plato; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Research Institute of China
• Online Access: http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/548468; https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1040007

In January 2005, members of a Chinese expedition team were the first humans to visit Dome A on the Antarctic plateau, a site predicted to be one of the very best astronomical sites on earth. In 2006, the Chinese Center for Antarctic Astronomy (CCAA) was founded to promote the development of astronom...