The PLATO Dome A site-testing observatory : instrumentation and first results
- Yang, H
- Allen, G
- Hu, J
- Jiang, Z
- Kulesa, C. A
- Lawrence, J. S
- Li, Y
- Luong-Van, D
- McCaughrean, M. J
- Moore, A. M
- Pennypacker, C
- Qin, W
- Ashley, M. C. B
- Riddle, R
- Shang, Z
- Storey, J. W. V
- Sun, B
- Suntzeff, N
- Tothill, N. F. H
- Travouillon, T
- Walker, C. K
- Wang, L
- Yan, J
- Bonner, C. S
- Yang, J
- York, D
- Yuan, X
- Zhang, X
- Zhang, Z
- Zhou, X
- Zhu, Z
- Bradley, S
- Cui, X
- Everett, J. R
- Feng, L
- Gong, X
- Hengst, S
DOIAbstract
The PLATeau Observatory (PLATO) is an automated self-powered astrophysical observatory that was deployed to Dome A, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau, in 2008 January. PLATO consists of a suite of site-testing instruments designed to quantify the benefits of the Dome A site for astronomy, and science instruments designed to take advantage of the unique observing conditions. Instruments include CSTAR, an array of optical telescopes for transient astronomy; Gattini, an instrument to measure the optical sky brightness and cloud cover statistics; DASLE, an experiment to measure the statistics of the meteorological conditions within the near-surface layer; Pre-HEAT, a submillimeter tipping radiometer measuring the atmospheric transmissi...
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