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AST/RO and submillimetre-wave observations of the Magellanic Clouds from the South Pole

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

K.Y. Lo
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of Illinois, 1101 W. Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801, USA
A.A. Stark
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Ave, Murray Hill NJ 07974, USA
J. Bally
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Ave, Murray Hill NJ 07974, USA
R.W. Wilson
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Ave, Murray Hill NJ 07974, USA
T. Bania
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, Boston University, 147 Bay State Road, Boston MA 02215, USA
A. Lane
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, Boston University, 147 Bay State Road, Boston MA 02215, USA

Abstract

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AST/RO (Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory), a joint project between AT&T Bell Labs, Boston University and the University of Illinois, will place a 1.7-m submillimetre telescope at the South Pole (a high, dry site) in 1992. The highly automated off-axis parabolic telescope will be equipped initially with two channels of 500 GHz (600 μm) heterodyne receivers and AOS spectrometers. A primary goal of the project is a large-scale survey of CI and CO(4-3) line emission from the southern Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds, in an effort to further the understanding of the warm interstellar medium and star formation in the two galaxies.

Type
Large-Scale Structure and Kinematics
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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