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The Science Case for PILOT I: Summary and Overview

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2009

Authors

Lawrence , Jonathan Simon
Ashley, Michael
Bailey, J
Barrado y Navascues, D
Bedding, Timothy Russell
Bland-Hawthorn, Joss
Bond, I
Boulanger, F
Bouwens, R
Bruntt, H

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CSLI Publications

Abstract

PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed 2.5-m optical/ infrared telescope to be located at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. Conditions at Dome C are known to be exceptional for astronomy. The seeing (above ∼30 m

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Keywords: Cosmology; Early universe; Formation; High angular resolution; Instrumentation; Observations; Site testing; Stars; Telescopes

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/31316

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ANU Research Publications

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

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Journal article

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Open Access

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10.1071/AS08048

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