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J. W. V. Storey | Zendy; M. C. B. Ashley | Zendy; Michael Burton | Zendy; Michael A. Phillips | Zendy

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Site conditions for astronomy at the South Pole

Author(s) -

J. W. V. Storey,

M. C. B. Ashley,

Michael Burton,

Michael A. Phillips

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

proceedings of spie, the international society for optical engineering/proceedings of spie

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1996-756X

pISSN - 0277-786X

DOI - 10.1117/12.317241

Subject(s) - millimeter , plateau (mathematics) , exploit , astronomy , remote sensing , radio astronomy , wavelength , physics , computer science , astrobiology , geology , optics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , computer security

We discuss the site conditions for astronomy at the South Pole and over the Antarctic plateau. We find that these conditions are the most favorable on Earth for sensitive observations at thermal IR and sub-millimeter wavelengths. We further discuss plans to develop IR facilities to exploit this potential

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