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Previous tests at the S. Pole had indicated that seeing at the S. Pole Station is nearly twice as bad as at mid-latitude telescope locations. Now, however, it is supposedly 2-3 times clearer than mid-latitudes. What happened to cause this 180 degree turn around?
www.phys.unsw.edu.au...
Previous testing at the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station has, however, demonstrated
poor seeing, averaging 1.8 arcsec (refs 6, 7). Here we report observations of the wintertime seeing from Dome C (ref. 8), a high point on the Antarctic plateau at a latitude of 75º S. The results are remarkable: the median seeing is 0.27 arcsec, and below 0.15 arcsec 25 per cent of the time. A telescope placed at Dome C would compete with one that is 2 to 3 times larger at the best mid-latitude observatories, and an interferometer based at this site could work on projects that would otherwise require a space mission.
This photo from earlier this year was taken by a professional photographer in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Is it possible that an object in our skies is more readily viewable from southern locations?
If you read the blog from the link attached, you will find locals complaining about extreme chemtrail skies as though there was something to hide.
Sunrise and sunset are mentioned as points of specific concentration.
Expense is also mentioned because the planes are claimed to be foreign.
Originally posted by topherman420
reply to post by abeverage
I agree with this. I have been searching for the video, but there is one that explains "the second sun" lens flare phenomena by using just a finger to blot out the sun. The "second sun/nibiru" wont get blocked out and appear still in front of the thumb blocking the sun. It was a very simple explanation and now videos seem to be the only way to prove it is a second sun with this easy test.
Any updated articles on this lab would be helpful. I tried searching but found all old articles and things that led to nibiru conspiracies.
Originally posted by abeverage
Or maybe because there is so damn much light pollution in the rest of the world the only place remote enough to go to do ground based observations is in ANTARCTICA! A satellite can cost near billions where a land based observatory even in Antarctica could only cost multi-millions even fully staffed!
To me this sort of idea of Nibiru hiding shows a lack of scientific understanding of how an orbit works not to mention how the earth moves around the sun. Makes me sad really because it plays on peoples lack of knowledge and reasoning.
Not to mention if shows up in a Southern latitudes why would it not be picked up by SOHO???
edit on 1-12-2011 by abeverage because: (no reason given)
Extreme observatory in the Antarctic: what are they looking for?
“We will be able to study the variability of the stars and search for planets around those far-away stars.”
The facility must operate completely unattended until the Chinese expeditioners return in January 2009...
I have to ask you…why do you believe this or want to believe this? What have you done to prove this theory?
A satellite can cost near billions where a land based observatory even in Antarctica could only cost multi-millions even fully staffed!
To me this sort of idea of Nibiru hiding shows a lack of scientific understanding of how an orbit works not to mention how the earth moves around the sun. Makes me sad really because it plays on peoples lack of knowledge and reasoning.
Not to mention if shows up in a Southern latitudes why would it not be picked up by SOHO???
Originally posted by luxordelphi
This photo from earlier this year was taken by a professional photographer in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Christchurch is at a very southern location of 43 degrees S latitude.
Is it possible that an object in our skies is more readily viewable from southern locations? If you read the blog from the link attached, you will find locals complaining about extreme chemtrail skies as though there was something to hide. Sunrise and sunset are mentioned as points of specific concentration. Expense is also mentioned because the planes are claimed to be foreign.
I don't really have a theory. I just have observations with no explanation to fit them all. In this particular thread I'm wondering what is going on at the South Pole. What are they looking for with those puny telescopes?
During 2008, CSTAR 1 performed almost flawlessly, acquiring more than 0.3 million i-band images for a total integration time of 1728 hr during 158 days of observations. For each image taken under good sky conditions, more than 10,000 sources down to ~16th magnitude could be detected. We performed aperture photometry on all the sources in the field to create the catalog described herein. Since CSTAR has a fixed pointing centered on the south celestial pole (decl. = -90°), all the sources within the FOV of CSTAR were monitored continuously for several months. The photometric catalog can be used for studying any variability in these sources, and for the discovery of transient sources such as supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, and minor planets.
Conclusions of 2008-year Photometry
Aperture photometry for brightest 10,000 stars (i
I took this pic myself....big time lens flare...I think that's what the OP post shows too. The telescope news is interesting though...even just to observe the real planets.
I have spent the last 4 hours photographing the sun. At first I had the camera on auto and was not looking into the lens, as the sun here in New Zealand is intensely bright. I grabbed my sunglasses and had a look through my canon digital SLR camera, and well I couldn’t believe it! I could see a perfectly circular object, slightly red in colour compared to the sun. I couldn’t fully believe what I was seeing so called my partner to confirm what I was seeing. He too saw it.
Please note that I am a professional photographer and processed these photos to check the object was not a sun spot or sun glare. Plus the fact that I could see it, not with a naked eye but through the lens, I really can’t believe I have seen it for myself!
Another reason they would want to have a telescope out there is because of pure visibility....the most pristine conditions....no lights and a perfect open view.... etc
So Mt. Everest would be a perfect spot too by these standards. I think they're about the same height and the summit is a lot closer to civilization than an 18 day journey.