| Autor: |
Lawrence JS; School of Physics, University of New South Wales, New South Wales 2052, Australia. jsl@ics.mq.edu.au, Ashley MC, Hengst S, Luong-Van DM, Storey JW, Yang H, Zhou X, Zhu Z |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
The Review of scientific instruments [Rev Sci Instrum] 2009 Jun; Vol. 80 (6), pp. 064501. |
| DOI: |
10.1063/1.3137081 |
| Abstrakt: |
The atmospheric conditions above Dome A, a currently unmanned location at the highest point on the Antarctic plateau, are uniquely suited to astronomy. For certain types of astronomy Dome A is likely to be the best location on the planet, and this has motivated the development of the Plateau Observatory (PLATO). PLATO was deployed to Dome A in early 2008. It houses a suite of purpose-built site-testing instruments designed to quantify the benefits of Dome A site for astronomy, and science instruments designed to take advantage of the observing conditions. The PLATO power generation and control system is designed to provide continuous power and heat, and a high-reliability command and communications platform for these instruments. PLATO has run and collected data throughout the winter 2008 season completely unattended. Here we present a detailed description of the power generation, power control, thermal management, instrument interface, and communications systems for PLATO, and an overview of the system performance for 2008. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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