Performance of the autonomous PLATO Antarctic Observatory over two full years

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7733, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Luong Van, Daniel M ^a   Ashley, Michael C B ^a   Cui, Xiangqun ^b   Everett, Jon R ^a   Feng, Longlong ^c   Gong, Xuefei ^b   Hengst, Shane ^a   Lawrence, Jon S ^d,e   Storey, John W V ^a   Wang, Lifan ^c,f   Yang, Huigen ^g   Yang, Ji ^c   Zhou, Xu ^h   Zhu, Zhengxi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^h CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Remote power; Robotics; Site testing

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ANTARCTICA; COLD CONDITIONS; CONFIGURABLE; CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION; IRIDIUM SATELLITE; REMOTE POWER; SERVICING MISSIONS; SITE-TESTING; SOURCES OF ENERGY;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; INSTRUMENT TESTING; INSTRUMENTS; IRIDIUM; LOCATION; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; ROBOTICS;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 77958139432     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857910     Document Type: Conference Paper

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