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Why Antarctica?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Michael G. Burton
Michael G. Burton*
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of NSW, 2052, Australia; and Joint Australian Centre for Astrophysical Research in [email protected]
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Abstract

The dry, cold, tenuous and stable air above the Antarctic Plateau provides superb conditions for the conduct of many classes of astronomical observations. We review in particular the rationale for undertaking near-IR, mm and particle astronomy in Antarctica, disciplines where telescopes are now operating at the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

Keywords

instrumentation: miscellaneoustelescopesatmospheric effectsinfrared: generalcosmology: miscellaneous
Type
The First JACARA International Antarctic Astronomy Meeting
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 2 - 6
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1996

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