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Computer model of the SPST at Amundsen-Scott Station A ten meter diameter submillimeter-wave user-facility telescope has been proposed to the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs by an international consortium.
PurposeTo place a large, general-purpose, single-dish submillimeter telescope at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station for the pursuit of significant scientific problems by the international community of astronomers.
Project OutlineThe South Pole sky is exceptionally stable and transparent. Over the past decade, the Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica, an NSF Science and Technology Center, has developed the South Pole as an observatory site and demonstrated feasibility by operating the Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory (AST/RO) and Viper instruments throughout the year. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is being rebuilt under the South Pole Station Modernization program. The South Pole Submillimeter Telescope project telescope design and science goals are the result of consultation with the worldwide community of astronomers and committees of the National Academy. An open Science Workshop for the SPST was held at Harvard University on 28 March 1997. The science working groups identified science goals for the SPST. A preliminary instrument design for implementation of the science goals was developed in a Phase A design study funded by the Smithsonian Institution. Construction plans were developed. The wide-field design of this instrument has been presented at SPIE conferences. Compared to other submillimeter-wave telescopes, the strength of the SPST is in deep, large-scale observations. An international consortium has proposed to build and operate the South Pole Submillimeter Telescope at the new station.
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