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- Title
- The PLATO Dome A site-testing observatory : instrumentation and first results
- Related
- Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 121, Issue 876 (2009), p.174-184
- DOI
- 10.1086/597547
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Date
- 2009
- FoR/RFCD Code(s)
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020100 Astronomical and Space Sciences
- Author/Creator
- Yang, H
- Author/Creator
- Allen, G
- Author/Creator
- Hu, J
- Author/Creator
- Jiang, Z
- Author/Creator
- Kulesa, C. A
- Author/Creator
- Lawrence, J. S
- Author/Creator
- Li, Y
- Author/Creator
- Luong-Van, D
- Author/Creator
- McCaughrean, M. J
- Author/Creator
- Moore, A. M
- Author/Creator
- Pennypacker, C
- Author/Creator
- Qin, W
- Author/Creator
- Ashley, M. C. B
- Author/Creator
- Riddle, R
- Author/Creator
- Shang, Z
- Author/Creator
- Storey, J. W. V
- Author/Creator
- Sun, B
- Author/Creator
- Suntzeff, N
- Author/Creator
- Tothill, N. F. H
- Author/Creator
- Travouillon, T
- Author/Creator
- Walker, C. K
- Author/Creator
- Wang, L
- Author/Creator
- Yan, J
- Author/Creator
- Bonner, C. S
- Author/Creator
- Yang, J
- Author/Creator
- York, D
- Author/Creator
- Yuan, X
- Author/Creator
- Zhang, X
- Author/Creator
- Zhang, Z
- Author/Creator
- Zhou, X
- Author/Creator
- Zhu, Z
- Author/Creator
- Bradley, S
- Author/Creator
- Cui, X
- Author/Creator
- Everett, J. R
- Author/Creator
- Feng, L
- Author/Creator
- Gong, X
- Author/Creator
- Hengst, S
- Description
- 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, and science instruments designed to take advantage of the unique observing conditions. Instruments include CSTAR, an array of optical telescopes for transient astronomy; Gattini, an instrument to measure the optical sky brightness and cloud cover statistics; DASLE, an experiment to measure the statistics of the meteorological conditions within the near-surface layer; Pre-HEAT, a submillimeter tipping radiometer measuring the atmospheric transmission and water vapor content and performing spectral line imaging of the Galactic plane; and Snodar, an acoustic radar designed to measure turbulence within the near-surface layer. PLATO has run completely unattended and collected data throughout the winter 2008 season. Here we present a detailed description of the PLATO instrument suite and preliminary results obtained from the first season of operation.
- Description
- 11 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- 020100 Astronomical and Space Sciences
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/113991
- Identifier
- ISSN:0004-6280
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2009000930
- Language
- eng
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