Dome-C, a local peak in the Antartic plateau, is claimed to be one of the best sites in the world for astronomical purposes. We focus here on the increasing evidence that exceptionally good seeing could be available at visible wavelengths, far exceeding what is available at temperate locations. We propose that searching for microlensing events in and by galactic globular clusters, such as 47-Tuc, using a wide-field, possibly adaptive optics corrected, 2m-class telescope, would produce unique science for a medium technical challenge.
Microlensing from Dome-C with an adaptive telescope of 2m class
BUSSO, Maurizio Maria;TOSTI, Gino;
2004
Abstract
Dome-C, a local peak in the Antartic plateau, is claimed to be one of the best sites in the world for astronomical purposes. We focus here on the increasing evidence that exceptionally good seeing could be available at visible wavelengths, far exceeding what is available at temperate locations. We propose that searching for microlensing events in and by galactic globular clusters, such as 47-Tuc, using a wide-field, possibly adaptive optics corrected, 2m-class telescope, would produce unique science for a medium technical challenge.File in questo prodotto:
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