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The Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory (AST/RO)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Simon P. Balm
Simon P. Balm*
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. balm@cfa.harvard.edu
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Abstract

The Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory (AST/RO) is a highly automated 1·7 m diameter telescope aimed at exploiting the superb submillimetre skies of the Antarctic Plateau for astronomy and aeronomy studies. It was recently installed at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station during the 1994/95 Austral season and is currently undergoing its first winter-over of operation. In this paper we briefly outline the capabilities of the instrument and describe some recent achievements culminating in the telescope’s first observations of the South Polar submillimetre sky.

Keywords

telescopesinstrumentation: detectorsradio lines: ISMISM: atomsISM: moleculesstars: formation
Type
The First JACARA International Antarctic Astronomy Meeting
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 14 - 16
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1996

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