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A wide-field, optical/infrared, 2.5m class telescope for Antarctica Proceedings of the 3rd ARENA Conference, EAS Publications Series, 2010
(Ref: 14022)
Category 3: Conference paper
This report provides the recommendations of ARENAWork- … ing Group 1 concerning the development of and objectives for a wide- … field, optical / infrared, 2.5m class telescope for Antarctica. It discusses … the key science drivers for such a telescope…
The Case for PILOT I: Summary and Overview Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2009
(Ref: 14015)
Authors:
Lawrence J.S.Ashley M.C.B.Bailey J.Barrado y Navascues D.Bedding T.R.Bland-Hawthorn J.Bond I.Boulanger F.Bouwens R.Bruntt H.Bunker A.Burgarella D.Burton M.G.Busso M.Coward D.Cioni M-R.Durand G.Eiroa C.Epchtein N.Gehrels N.Gillingham P.Glazebrook K.Haynes R.Kiss L.Lagage P.O.Le Bertre T.Mackay C.Maillard J.P.McGrath A.Minier V.Mora A.Olsen K.Persi P.Pimbblet K.Quimby R.Saunders W.Schmidt B.Stello D.Storey J.W.V.Tinney C.Tremblin P.Wheeler J.C.Yock P.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed 2.5-m optical/ … infrared telescope to be located at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. Conditions at Dome C are known to … be exceptional for astronomy. The seeing (above ¡30m height), coherence time…