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Thermal InfraRed Observations at Dôme C: A Valuable Extension for HYPERLEDA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2007

N. Epchtein ,
M. Candidi  and
I. Vauglin
I. Vauglin*
Affiliation:
Université Lyon 1, Observatoire de Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5574, 69230 Saint-Genis-Laval, France
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Abstract

The outstanding atmospheric conditions of the Dôme C give a unique opportunity to survey the sky in the thermal infrared reaching interestingsensitivity limits for extragalactic astronomy. It will allow to survey the very obscured region of the Galactic Plane, to detect numerousUltra-Luminous InfraRed Galaxies, a class of extremely powerful galaxies in the infrared wavelengths.The detection of individual Cepheids in nearby galaxies will be possible and will lead to eliminate a biais in the determination of the extragalactic distances scale.Our extragalactic database HyperLeda will benefit from new infrared data.


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Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 25: 1st ARENA Conference on "Large Astronomical Infrastructures at CONCORDIA, prospects and constraints for Antarctic Optical/IR Astronomy" , 2007 , pp. 187 - 190
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2007

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