Astrophysics Picture Gallery

<body> <h1 align="right"><a href="http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/"><img border="0" src="a_school.gif" width="124" height="28"></a><a href="http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/astro/"><img border="0" src="b_astro.gif" width="124" height="28"></a><img border="0" src="b_photo_gallery.gif" width="124" height="28"></h1> <h1><font face="verdana,arial">South Pole Picture Gallery</font></h1> <p><font face="verdana,arial"><i>Click on images at to see enlargement.</i></font></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="620" height="1200"> <tr> <td width="25%"><a href="99092p1.jpg" target="_self"><img border="0" src="99092p1mini.gif" width="150" height="101"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sC.jpg" target="_self"><img border="0" src="99092sC%20mini.gif" width="150" height="97"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sA.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sA%20mini.gif" width="150" height="97"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sD.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sD%20mini.gif" width="150" height="97"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25%"><a href="99092p2.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092p2%20mini.gif" width="102" height="150"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sL.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sLmini.gif" width="97" height="150"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sB.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sB%20mini.gif" width="96" height="150"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sN.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sNmini.gif" width="97" height="150"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sI.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sImini.gif" width="150" height="97"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sG.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sGmini.jpg" width="150" height="97"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sE.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sEmini.gif" width="150" height="97"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sK.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sKmini.gif" width="150" height="97"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sJ.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sJmini.gif" width="150" height="97"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sH.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sHmini.gif" width="150" height="97"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sF.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sFmini.gif" width="150" height="98"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sM.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sMmini.gif" width="150" height="96"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sQ.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sQmini.gif" width="150" height="98"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sR.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sRmini.gif" width="150" height="97"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sP.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sPmini.gif" width="150" height="97"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sO.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sOmini.gif" width="150" height="97"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sS.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sSmini.gif" width="150" height="96"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sT.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sTmini.gif" width="150" height="97"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99092sU.jpg"><img border="0" src="99092sUmini.gif" width="150" height="98"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99595-AASTO.jpg"><img border="0" src="99595-AASTOmini.gif" width="150" height="99"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25%"><a href="99595-AASTO-Hercules.jpg"><img border="0" src="99595-AASTO-Herculesmini.gif" width="150" height="99"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99595-AFOS-GTOWER.jpg"><img border="0" src="99595-AFOS-GTOWERmini.gif" width="150" height="100"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99595-MtErebus-CastleRock.jpg"><img border="0" src="99595-MtErebus-CastleRockmini.gif" width="150" height="100"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99595-SPIREX-MCBA.jpg"><img border="0" src="99595-SPIREX-MCBAmini.gif" width="150" height="100"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25%"><a href="99595-DarkSectorSign.jpg"><img border="0" src="99595-DarkSectorSignmini.gif" width="150" height="100"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99595-GeodesicDome.jpg"><img border="0" src="99595-GeodesicDomemini.gif" width="150" height="100"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99595-Viper-MAPO-Amanda.jpg"><img border="0" src="99595-Viper-MAPO-Amandamini.gif" width="150" height="100"></a></td> <td width="25%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25%"><a href="99595-ASTRO.jpg"><img border="0" src="99595-ASTROmini.gif" width="100" height="150"></a></td> <td width="25%"><a href="99595-MGBatPole.jpg"><img border="0" src="99595-MGBatPolemini.gif" width="100" height="150"></a></td> <td width="25%"></td> <td width="25%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25%"></td> <td width="25%"></td> <td width="25%"></td> <td width="25%"></td> </tr> </table> <p><font face="verdana,arial">The South Pole picture gallery is a collection of photographs about the astronomical observatory being constructed at the end of the Earth. It shows the environment and facilities that astronomers now work in at the South Pole.<br> <br> The extremely cold and dry conditions of the Antarctic plateau make it the finest terrestrial site for viewing the distant stars and galaxies across the infrared and millimetre wavebands. A variety of innovative telescopes are now being constructed there to make more sensitive observations than can be achieved elsewhere on the Earth. An international team of scientists and engineers are participating in this work, including from the USA, Australia, Germany, Sweden and the UK. Australia, through the Joint Australian Centre for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (JACARA), is responsible for a site testing program, quantifying how good the conditions at the Pole and the high plateau are for astronomy. As part of this, JACARA have installed the AASTO, or Automated Astrophysical Site Testing Observatory, able to operate autonomously at uninhabited sites. Many of the pictures show aspects of the AASTO and the experiments it contains.<br> <br> Michael Burton<br> <br> Pictures are copyright of JACARA, but can be reproduced for educational, non-profit purposes.</font></p> <p> </p> <center><font face="verdana,arial"><b><font SIZE="-1">[ </font></b><a HREF="../../SEARCH/search.html"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial">Search</font></a><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial"> <b>| </b></font><a HREF="../school_information.html"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial">School Information</font></a><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial"> <b>| </b></font><a HREF="../../COURSES/courses.html"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial">Physics Courses</font></a><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial"> <b>| </b></font><a HREF="../../RESEARCH/research.html" TARGET><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial">Research</font></a><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial"> <b>|</b> </font><a HREF="../../GRADUATE/graduate.html"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial">Graduate</font></a><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial"> <b>]<br> [ </b></font><a HREF="../../RESOURCES/resources.html"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial">Resources</font></a><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial"> <b>| </b></font><a HREF="../../PHYSICS_!/physics_!.html"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial">Physics !</font></a><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial"> <b>| </b></font><a HREF="../../index.html" TARGET="_top"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial">Physics Main Page</font></a><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial"> <b>|</b> </font><a HREF="http://www.unsw.edu.au" TARGET="_top"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial">The University of New South Wales Main Page</font></a><font SIZE="-1"> <b>]</b></font></font><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial"> <hr WIDTH="90%"> </font><font face="verdana,arial"><font SIZE="-1">School of Physics - The University of New South Wales - Sydney Australia 2052<br> Site Comments: </font><a HREF="mailto:physicsweb@phys.unsw.edu.au"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial">physicsweb@phys.unsw.edu.au</font></a><font SIZE="-1" FACE="verdana,arial"><br> © School of Physics - The University of New South Wales 1998</font></font></center> </body>