Astronomy from Dome A in Antarctica

• 来源期刊: 天文和天体物理学研究
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（10）
• 页码范围: 198-229
• 页数: 32页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1088/1674-4527/20/10/168

摘要

Dome A in Antarctica has been demonstrated to be the best site on earth for optical, infrared, and terahertz astronomical observations by more and more evidence, such as excellent free-atmosphere seeing,extremely low perceptible water vapor, low sky background, and continuous dark time, etc. In this paper,we present a complete picture of the development of astronomy at Dome A from the very beginning, review recent progress in time-domain astronomy, demonstrate exciting results of the site testing, and address the challenges in instrumentation. Currently proposed projects are briefly discussed.