Testing and data reduction of the Chinese Small Telescope Array(CSTAR) for Dome A,Antarctica  

作　　者：Xu Zhou Zhen-Yu Wu Zhao-Ji Jiang Xiang-Qun Cui Long-Long Feng Xue-Fei Gong Jing-Yao Hu Qi-Sheng Li Gen-Rong Liu Jun Ma Jia-Li Wang Li-Fan Wang Jiang-Hua Wu Li-Rong Xia Jun Yan Xiang-Yan Yuag Feng-Xiang Zhai Ru Zhang Zhen-Xi Zhu 

机构地区：[1]National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China [2]Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics ＆ Technology, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210042, China [3]Purple MountainObservatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China [4]Chinese Center for Antarctic Astronomy, Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China

出　　处：《Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics》2010年第3期279-290,共12页天文和天体物理学研究（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.10873016,10633020,10603006 and 10803007);by National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,No.2007CB815403)

摘　　要：The Chinese Small Telescope Array （CSTAR） is the first Chinese astronomical instrument on the Antarctic ice cap. The low temperature and low pressure testing of the data acquisition system was carried out in a laboratory refrigerator and on the 4500 m Pamirs high plateau, respectively. The results from the final four nights of test observations demonstrated that CSTAR was ready for operation at Dome A, Antarctica. In this paper, we present a description of CSTAR and the performance derived from the test observations.The Chinese Small Telescope Array （CSTAR） is the first Chinese astronomical instrument on the Antarctic ice cap. The low temperature and low pressure testing of the data acquisition system was carried out in a laboratory refrigerator and on the 4500 m Pamirs high plateau, respectively. The results from the final four nights of test observations demonstrated that CSTAR was ready for operation at Dome A, Antarctica. In this paper, we present a description of CSTAR and the performance derived from the test observations.

关 键 词：instrumentation： detectors -- techniques： photometric -- stars： variables 

分 类 号：P343.6[天文地球—水文科学] TH743[天文地球—地球物理学]