Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0208273

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0208273

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The best astronomical site on earth? A modern optical/infrared telescope is only as good as its site. We have previously shown that the infrared skies above the South Pole are up to 100 times darker than skies elsewhere, leading to enormous potential gains in sensitivity. We now seek to extend these measurements to Antarctic sites that are even higher, drier and colder than the South Pole. These are expected to be the best observing sites on Earth, paving the way for the deployment of telescopes of unprecedented sensitivity able to explore the origins of planets, stars and galaxies.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-02-2002

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $587,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Astronomy And Astrophysics | Astronomical and Space Sciences | Instruments And Techniques | Atmospheric Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Atmospheric processes | Air quality | Scientific instrumentation |

Other Keywords

Air quality | Astronomical and Space Sciences | Astronomy And Astrophysics | Atmospheric Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Atmospheric processes | Instruments And Techniques | Scientific instrumentation

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