Operation of the near infrared sky monitor at the South Pole
The near infrared sky spectral brightness has been measured at the South Pole with the Near Infrared Sky Monitor (NISM) throughout the 2001 winter season. The sky is found to be typically more than an order of magnitude darker than at temperate latitude sites, consistent with previous South Pole obs...
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ftunswworks:oai:unsworks.library.unsw.edu.au:1959.4/38982 2023-05-15T13:52:09+02:00 Operation of the near infrared sky monitor at the South Pole Lawrence, Jonathan Ashley, Michael Burton, Michael Calisse, Paolo Storey, John Phillips, Andre Everett, Jon Pernic, R 2002 http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/38982 https://doi.org/10.1071/AS02020 EN eng http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/38982 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AS02020 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:1323-3580 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 19, 3, 328-336 journal article http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2002 ftunswworks https://doi.org/10.1071/AS02020 2022-08-09T07:37:26Z The near infrared sky spectral brightness has been measured at the South Pole with the Near Infrared Sky Monitor (NISM) throughout the 2001 winter season. The sky is found to be typically more than an order of magnitude darker than at temperate latitude sites, consistent with previous South Pole observations. Reliable robotic operation of the NISM, a low power, autonomous instrument, has been demonstrated throughout the Antarctic winter. Data analysis yields a median winter value of the 2.4 µm (Kdark) sky spectral brightness of ~120 µJy arcsec–2 and an average of 210 ± 80 µJy arcsec–2. The 75%, 50%, and 25% quartile values are 270 ± 100, 155 ± 60, and 80 ± 30 µJy arcsec–2, respectively. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic South pole South pole UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales): UNSWorks Antarctic South Pole The Antarctic Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 19 3 328 336 |
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The near infrared sky spectral brightness has been measured at the South Pole with the Near Infrared Sky Monitor (NISM) throughout the 2001 winter season. The sky is found to be typically more than an order of magnitude darker than at temperate latitude sites, consistent with previous South Pole observations. Reliable robotic operation of the NISM, a low power, autonomous instrument, has been demonstrated throughout the Antarctic winter. Data analysis yields a median winter value of the 2.4 µm (Kdark) sky spectral brightness of ~120 µJy arcsec–2 and an average of 210 ± 80 µJy arcsec–2. The 75%, 50%, and 25% quartile values are 270 ± 100, 155 ± 60, and 80 ± 30 µJy arcsec–2, respectively. |
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