Chinese small telescope ARray (CSTAR) for Antarctic Dome A

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7012, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Xiangyan, Yuan ^a,d   Xiangyan, Cui ^a,d   Genrong, Liu ^a   Fengxiang, Zhai ^a   Xuefei, Gong ^a,d   Ru, Zhang ^a   Lirong, Xia ^a   Jingyao, Hu ^c,d   Lawrence, J S ^e   Jun, Yan ^c,d   Storey, J W V ^e   Lifan, Wang ^b,d   Longlong, Feng ^b,d   Ashley, M C B ^e   Xu, Zhou ^c,d   Zhaoji, Jiang ^c,d   Zhenxi, Zhu ^b,d  

^a Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics and Technology   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^d Chinese Center for Antarctic Astronomy   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese small telescope array (CSTAR); Continuous observation; Dome A; Variable detection

Indexed keywords

BIG TELESCOPES; CHINESE SMALL TELESCOPE ARRAY (CSTAR); CLOUD COVERAGE; CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION; ENTRANCE PUPIL; EXPOSURE-TIME; SCHMIDT TELESCOPE; SKY BACKGROUND; TELESCOPE ARRAYS; VARIABLE DETECTION; VARIABLE STARS; WINTER TIME;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; DOMES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; STARS;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES;

EID: 66749086366     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.788748     Document Type: Conference Paper

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