The PLATO observatory: robotic astronomy from the Antarctic plateau

M. C. B. Ashley; G. Allen; C. S. Bonner; S. G. Bradley; X. Q. Cui; J. R. Everett; L. Feng; X. H. Gong; S. Hengst; J. Hu; Z. Jiang; C. A. Kulesa; Jon Lawrence; Y. Li; D. M. Luong-Van; M. J. McCaughrean; A. M. Moore; C. R. Pennypacker; W. Qin; R. Riddle; Z. H. Shang; J. W V Storey; B. Sun; N. Suntzeff; N. F. H. Tothill; Tony Travouillon; C. K. Walker; L. Wang; J. Yan; H. Yang; D. G. York; X. Yuan; X. Zhang; Z. Zhang; X. Zhou; Z. Zhu

doi:10.1017/S1743921310010811

The PLATO observatory: robotic astronomy from the Antarctic plateau

M. C. B. Ashley^*, G. Allen, C. S. Bonner, S. G. Bradley, X. Q. Cui, J. R. Everett, L. Feng, X. H. Gong, S. Hengst, J. Hu, Z. Jiang, C. A. Kulesa, Jon Lawrence, Y. Li, D. M. Luong-Van, M. J. McCaughrean, A. M. Moore, C. R. Pennypacker, W. Qin, R. RiddleZ. H. Shang, J. W V Storey, B. Sun, N. Suntzeff, N. F. H. Tothill, Tony Travouillon, C. K. Walker, L. Wang, J. Yan, H. Yang, D. G. York, X. Yuan, X. Zhang, Z. Zhang, X. Zhou, Z. Zhu

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Abstract

PLATO is a 6 tonne completely self-contained robotic observatory that provides its own heat, electricity, and satellite communications. It was deployed to Dome A in Antarctica in January 2008 by the Chinese expedition team, and is now in its second year of operation. PLATO is operating four 14.5cm optical telescopes with 1k x 1k CCDs, a wide-field sky camera with a 2k x 2k CCD and Sloan g, r, i filters, a fibre-fed spectrograph to measure the UV to near-IR, sky spectrum, a 0.2m terahertz telescope, two sonic radars giving inn resolution data on the boundary layer to a height of 180111, a 15m tower, meteorological sensors, and 8 web cameras. Beginning in 2010/11 PLATO will be upgraded to support a Multi Aperture Scintillation Sensor and three AST3 0.5m schmidt telescopes, with 10k x 10k CCDs and 100TB/annum data requirements.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Editors	IF Corbett
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Pages	627-629
Number of pages	3
Volume	5(H15)
ISBN (Print)	9781107005334
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921310010811
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	27th IAU General Assembly - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Duration: 3 Aug 2009 → 14 Aug 2009

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Name	IAU Symposium Proceedings Series
Publisher	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Volume	15
ISSN (Print)	1743-9213

Conference

Conference	27th IAU General Assembly
Country/Territory	Brazil
City	Rio de Janeiro
Period	3/08/09 → 14/08/09

Keywords

Site Testing
Instrumentation: miscellaneous
Atmospheric Effects
Telescopes
DOME

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Ashley, M. C. B., Allen, G., Bonner, C. S., Bradley, S. G., Cui, X. Q., Everett, J. R., Feng, L., Gong, X. H., Hengst, S., Hu, J., Jiang, Z., Kulesa, C. A., Lawrence, J., Li, Y., Luong-Van, D. M., McCaughrean, M. J., Moore, A. M., Pennypacker, C. R., Qin, W., ... Zhu, Z. (2010). The PLATO observatory: robotic astronomy from the Antarctic plateau. In IF. Corbett (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union (Vol. 5(H15), pp. 627-629). (IAU Symposium Proceedings Series; Vol. 15). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921310010811

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The PLATO observatory : robotic astronomy from the Antarctic plateau. / Ashley, M. C. B.; Allen, G.; Bonner, C. S. et al.

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. ed. / IF Corbett. Vol. 5(H15) Cambridge : Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2010. p. 627-629 (IAU Symposium Proceedings Series; Vol. 15).

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