The PLATO dome A site-testing observatory : instrumentation and first results

• Published in: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Main Authors: Yang, Huigen, Allen, Graham R., Ashley, Michael C. B., Bonner, Colin S., Bradley, Stuart G., Cui, Xiangqun, Everett, Jon R., Feng, Longlong, Gong, Xuefei, 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., Tothill, Nicholas F. H. (R17058)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: U.S., University of Chicago Press 2009
• Subjects: 020102 - Astronomical and Space Instrumentation; Antarctic; Plato; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/558364; https://doi.org/10.1086/597547

The PLATeau Observatory (PLATO) is an automated self-powered astrophysical observatory that was deployed to Dome A, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau, in 2008 January. PLATO consists of a suite of site-testing instruments designed to quantify the benefits of the Dome A site for astronomy, a...