Photometry of variables from dome A, Antarctica

Lingzhi Wang; L. M. MacRi; L. Wang; M. C B Ashley; X. Cui; L. L. Feng; X. Gong; J. S. Lawrence; Q. Liu; D. Luong-Van; C. R. Pennypacker; Z. Shang; J. W V Storey; H. Yang; J. Yang; X. Yuan; D. G. York; X. Zhou; Z. Zhu; Z. Zhu

doi:10.1017/S1743921312017127

Photometry of variables from dome A, Antarctica

Lingzhi Wang, L. M. MacRi, L. Wang, M. C B Ashley, X. Cui, L. L. Feng, X. Gong, J. S. Lawrence, Q. Liu, D. Luong-Van, C. R. Pennypacker, Z. Shang, J. W V Storey, H. Yang, J. Yang, X. Yuan, D. G. York, X. Zhou, Z. Zhu, Z. Zhu

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Abstract

Dome A on the Antarctic plateau is likely one of the best observing sites on Earth (Saunders et al. 2009). We used the CSTAR telescope (Yuan et al. 2008) to obtain time-series photometry of 10⁴ stars with i>14.5 mag during 128 days of the 2008 Antarctic winter season (Wang et al. 2011). During the 2010 season we observed 2 × 10⁴ stars with i>15 mag for 183 days (Wang et al. 2012). We detected a total of 262 variables, a 6 × increase relative to previous surveys of the same area and depth carried out from temperate sites (Pojmanski 2004). Our observations show that high-precision, long-term photometry is possible from Antarctica and that astronomically useful data can be obtained during 80% of the winter season.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	320-321
Number of pages	2
Journal	Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Volume	8
Issue number	S288
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921312017127
Publication status	Published - Aug 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Astronomical Union Symposium (288th : 2012): Astrophysics from Antarctica - Beijing, China Duration: 20 Aug 2012 → 24 Aug 2012 Conference number: 288

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Wang, L., MacRi, L. M., Wang, L., Ashley, M. C. B., Cui, X., Feng, L. L., ... Zhu, Z. (2012). Photometry of variables from dome A, Antarctica. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 8(S288), 320-321. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921312017127

Wang, Lingzhi ; MacRi, L. M. ; Wang, L. ; Ashley, M. C B ; Cui, X. ; Feng, L. L. ; Gong, X. ; Lawrence, J. S. ; Liu, Q. ; Luong-Van, D. ; Pennypacker, C. R. ; Shang, Z. ; Storey, J. W V ; Yang, H. ; Yang, J. ; Yuan, X. ; York, D. G. ; Zhou, X. ; Zhu, Z. ; Zhu, Z. / Photometry of variables from dome A, Antarctica. In: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 2012 ; Vol. 8, No. S288. pp. 320-321.

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Photometry of variables from dome A, Antarctica. / Wang, Lingzhi; MacRi, L. M.; Wang, L.; Ashley, M. C B; Cui, X.; Feng, L. L.; Gong, X.; Lawrence, J. S.; Liu, Q.; Luong-Van, D.; Pennypacker, C. R.; Shang, Z.; Storey, J. W V; Yang, H.; Yang, J.; Yuan, X.; York, D. G.; Zhou, X.; Zhu, Z.; Zhu, Z.

In: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. 8, No. S288, 08.2012, p. 320-321.

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