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Concept for a second Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) in Antarctica. SPIE. Proc 2nd Backasog Workshop on Extremely Large Telescopes, Backasog Castle, Sweden, 9-11 September 2003., 2004 (Ref: 11898)
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While definitive winter measurements for Dome C must await until 2004, on the basis of existing data the Antarctic … Dome sites promise the best conditions on the Earth for many astronomical observations. Because atmospheric … turbulence is largely confined to a ~ 100 m ground layer…

How can we understand the Antarctic atmosphere? Proceedings of the Optical Turbulence Characterization for Astronomical Applications:, 2009 (Ref: 14019)
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The Antarctic Plateau offers many benefits to astronomers, including dark and … transparent infrared skies, long periods of uninterrupted observations, and very low levels … of atmospheric turbulence. Efforts to quantify these benefits are ongoing.

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