The Concordia station on the Antarctic plateau: The best site on earth for the 21st century astronomers |
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Authors: | Eric Fossat |
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Affiliation: | (1) Laboratoire Universitaire d’Astrophysique de Nice, Université de Nice, France |
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Abstract: | On the Antarctic plateau, a joint project of French and Italian polar programmes is nearing completion: the Concordia station will be open for winter-over operation in 2005. The high altitude and high latitude of this site, the exceptionally cold, clear and stable atmosphere, its incredible astronomical seeing, the almost indefinitely flat snow surface and the not-so-difficult access make this site the most promising on Earth for future ground-based astronomical projects in various fields, including long term photometry, infrared high sensitivity imaging and high angular resolution and high contrast imaging. |
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Keywords: | Site testing astronomical photometry infrared astronomy sub-mm astronomy Antarctic astronomy |
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