Results from the South Pole Infra-Red EXplorer Telescope
The SPIREX telescope, located at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, was a prototype system developed to exploit the excellent conditions for IR observing at the South Pole. Observations over two winter seasons achieved remarkably deep, high-resolution, wide-field images in the 3-5 mu m wavelengt...
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ftunswworks:oai:unsworks.library.unsw.edu.au:1959.4/38595 2023-05-15T13:24:25+02:00 Results from the South Pole Infra-Red EXplorer Telescope Rathborne, Jill Burton, Michael 2005 http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/38595 EN eng http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/38595 metadata only access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cb CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ CC-BY-NC-ND urn:ISSN:0074-1809 Symposium - International Astronomical Union, 13, 937-944 journal article http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2005 ftunswworks 2022-08-09T07:39:59Z The SPIREX telescope, located at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, was a prototype system developed to exploit the excellent conditions for IR observing at the South Pole. Observations over two winter seasons achieved remarkably deep, high-resolution, wide-field images in the 3-5 mu m wavelength regime. Several star forming complexes were observed, including NGC 6334, Chamaeleon I, eta Chamaeleontis, the Carina Nebula, 30 Doradus, RCW 57, RCW 38, as well as the Galactic Center. Images were obtained of lines at 2.42 mu m H-2, 3.29 mu m PAH and 4.05 mu m Br alpha, as well as 3.5 mu m L-band and 4.7 mu m M-band continuum emission. These data, combined with near-IR, mid-IR, and radio continuum maps, reveal the environments of these star forming sites, as well as any protostars lying within them. The SPIREX project, its observing and reduction methods, and some sample data are summarized here. Article in Journal/Newspaper Amundsen-Scott South pole UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales): UNSWorks Amundsen Scott South Pole Station ENVELOPE(0.000,0.000,-90.000,-90.000) Amundsen-Scott ENVELOPE(0.000,0.000,-90.000,-90.000) Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station ENVELOPE(139.273,139.273,-89.998,-89.998) Eta ENVELOPE(-62.917,-62.917,-64.300,-64.300) South Pole |
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The SPIREX telescope, located at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, was a prototype system developed to exploit the excellent conditions for IR observing at the South Pole. Observations over two winter seasons achieved remarkably deep, high-resolution, wide-field images in the 3-5 mu m wavelength regime. Several star forming complexes were observed, including NGC 6334, Chamaeleon I, eta Chamaeleontis, the Carina Nebula, 30 Doradus, RCW 57, RCW 38, as well as the Galactic Center. Images were obtained of lines at 2.42 mu m H-2, 3.29 mu m PAH and 4.05 mu m Br alpha, as well as 3.5 mu m L-band and 4.7 mu m M-band continuum emission. These data, combined with near-IR, mid-IR, and radio continuum maps, reveal the environments of these star forming sites, as well as any protostars lying within them. The SPIREX project, its observing and reduction methods, and some sample data are summarized here. |
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Results from the South Pole Infra-Red EXplorer Telescope |
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Results from the South Pole Infra-Red EXplorer Telescope |
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Results from the South Pole Infra-Red EXplorer Telescope |
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Results from the South Pole Infra-Red EXplorer Telescope |
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Results from the South Pole Infra-Red EXplorer Telescope |
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results from the south pole infra-red explorer telescope |
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