The PLATO observatory : robotic astronomy from the Antarctic plateau

M. C. B. Ashley; G. Allen; C. S. Bonner; S. G. Bradley; X. Cui; J. R. Everett; L. Feng; X. Gong; S. Hengst; J. Hu; Z. Jiang; C. A. Kulesa; J. S. Lawrence; Y. Li; D. M. Luong-Van; M. J. McCaughrean; A. M. Moore; C. Pennypacker; W. Qin; R. Riddle; Z. Shang; J. W. V. Storey; B. Sun; N. Suntzeff; N. F. H. Tothill; T. 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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The PLATO observatory : robotic astronomy from the Antarctic plateau

M. C. B. Ashley, G. Allen, C. S. Bonner, S. G. Bradley, X. Cui, J. R. Everett, L. Feng, X. Gong, S. Hengst, J. Hu, Z. Jiang, C. A. Kulesa, J. S. Lawrence, Y. Li, D. M. Luong-Van, M. J. McCaughrean, A. M. Moore, C. Pennypacker, W. Qin, R. RiddleZ. Shang, J. W. V. Storey, B. Sun, N. Suntzeff, N. F. H. Tothill, T. 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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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 1kÃ—1k CCDs, a wide-field sky camera with a 2kÃ—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 10kÃ—10k CCDs and 100TB/annum data requirements.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 3-14 August 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	627-629
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921310010811
Publication status	Published - 2010
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Ashley, M. C. B., Allen, G., Bonner, C. S., Bradley, S. G., Cui, X., Everett, J. R., Feng, L., Gong, X., Hengst, S., Hu, J., Jiang, Z., Kulesa, C. A., Lawrence, J. S., Li, Y., Luong-Van, D. M., McCaughrean, M. J., Moore, A. M., Pennypacker, C., Qin, W., ... Zhu, Z. (2010). The PLATO observatory : robotic astronomy from the Antarctic plateau. In Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 3-14 August 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (pp. 627-629). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921310010811

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