In:
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 5, No. H15 ( 2009-11), p. 627-629
Kurzfassung:
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 × 1k CCDs, a wide-field sky camera with a 2k × 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 1m resolution data on the boundary layer to a height of 180m, 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 × 10 CCDs and 100TB/annum data requirements.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1743-9213
,
1743-9221
DOI:
10.1017/S1743921310010811
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publikationsdatum:
2009
ZDB Id:
2170724-8
SSG:
16,12
