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Astronomy on Ice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Martin A. Pomerantz
Martin A. Pomerantz*
Affiliation:
Bartol Research Foundation of the Franklin Institute University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, U.S.A.
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Abstract

The geographic South Pole, where the United States maintains a year-round scientific station, affords a number of unique advantages for certain types of astronomical observations. These include: continuous viewing and constant declination of ail objects in the southern celestial hemisphere, exceedingly low humidity, extended periods of coronal seeing, high altitude, and uniform terrain. The areas of research that have already benefited immensely from thèse extraordinary features are helioseismology and submillimeter astronomy. Unparalleled observations of global solar oscillations have already yielded significant information about the structure and dynamics of the Sun’s interior. Far infrared measurements of various galactic and extra-galactic regions have attained an unprecedented level of sensitivity, limited for the first time only by the noise inherent in the detector. In addition to further helioseismological observations, currently planned future activities include observational cosmology and ultra high energy gamma ray astronomy.

Type
Invited Papers
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , 1986 , pp. 403 - 415
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1985

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