南極 の ドーム A で の 天文 観測 の 夜間 測定
Bin Ma1,2, Zhaohui Shang3,4, Yi Hu5
1National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. bma@nao.cas.cn.
Nature
|July 31, 2020
まとめ
ドームAの天文学的観測は,夜間の条件が非常に良好であることを示しています. 薄い境界層は,他の場所のより高い高さと比較して,より明確な景色を可能にします.
科学分野:
- 天文学と天体物理学
- 大気科学
背景:
- 天文学的な視覚 つまり 星光が気象の乱れによって ぼやけることは 場所の質にとって 極めて重要です
- 南極の高原は,自由大気の気流が弱いが,強い境界層がある.
- これまでのドームAでの観測は昼間に限られていた.
研究 の 目的:
- ドームAの夜間天文観測を測定する
- ドームAの大気境界層を特徴づけるため
- 天文観測所としてのドームAの可能性を評価する
主な方法:
- 夜間の測定のために差分画像モーションモニターを使用した.
- 表面に近い温度グラデーションと相関した観測データ.
- 境界層の厚さを測定するために音波レーダーを使用した.
主要な成果:
- 8メートルの高さから 0.13アーチ秒で記録した
- ドームCの20メートルの高さ測定と比較して,0.31アーチ秒の平均観測を達成しました.
- 視界層の厚さと 表面温度のグラデーションの強い相関を特定しました
- ドームAで約14メートルの境界層の厚さを決定した.
結論:
- ドームAは,夜間の天文観測条件が優れている.
- ドームAの薄い境界層は,自由な大気へのアクセスを提供します.
- ドームAは天文観測に非常に有望な場所です.
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