Airglow and aurorae from dome a, antarctica

Geoff Sims; Michael C.B. Ashley; Xiangqun Cui; Jon R. Everett; Longlong Feng; Xuefei Gong; Shane Hengst; Zhongwen Hu; Jon S. Lawrence; Daniel M. Luong-Van; Anna M. Moore; Reed Riddle; Zhaohui Shang; John W.V. Storey; Nick Tothill; Tony Travouillon; Lifan Wang; Huigen Yang; Ji Yang; Xu Zhou; Zhenxi Zhu

doi:10.1017/S1743921312017048

Airglow and aurorae from dome a, antarctica

Geoff Sims^*, Michael C.B. Ashley, Xiangqun Cui, Jon R. Everett, Longlong Feng, Xuefei Gong, Shane Hengst, Zhongwen Hu, Jon S. Lawrence, Daniel M. Luong-Van, Anna M. Moore, Reed Riddle, Zhaohui Shang, John W.V. Storey, Nick Tothill, Tony Travouillon, Lifan Wang, Huigen Yang, Ji Yang, Xu ZhouZhenxi Zhu

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Despite the absence of artificial light pollution at Antarctic plateau sites such as Dome A, other factors such as airglow, aurorae and extended periods of twilight have the potential to adversely affect optical observations. We present a statistical analysis of the airglow and aurorae at Dome A using spectroscopic data from Nigel, an optical/near-IR spectrometer operating in the 300-850 nm range. The median auroral contribution to the B, V and R photometric bands is found to be 22.9, 23.4 and 23.0 mag arcsec^-2 respectively. We are also able to quantify the amount of annual dark time available as a function of wavelength; on average twilight ends when the Sun reaches a zenith distance of 102.6°.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Astrophysics from Antarctica
Editors	Michael G. Burton, Xiangqun Cui, Nicholas F. H. Tothill
Pages	302-303
Number of pages	2
Edition	S288
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921312017048
Publication status	Published - Aug 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Name	Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Number	S288
Volume	8
ISSN (Print)	1743-9213
ISSN (Electronic)	1743-9221

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Sims, G., Ashley, M. C. B., Cui, X., Everett, J. R., Feng, L., Gong, X., Hengst, S., Hu, Z., Lawrence, J. S., Luong-Van, D. M., Moore, A. M., Riddle, R., Shang, Z., Storey, J. W. V., Tothill, N., Travouillon, T., Wang, L., Yang, H., Yang, J., ... Zhu, Z. (2012). Airglow and aurorae from dome a, antarctica. In M. G. Burton, X. Cui, & N. F. H. Tothill (Eds.), Astrophysics from Antarctica (S288 ed., pp. 302-303). (Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union; Vol. 8, No. S288). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921312017048

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Airglow and aurorae from dome a, antarctica. / Sims, Geoff; Ashley, Michael C.B.; Cui, Xiangqun et al.
Astrophysics from Antarctica. ed. / Michael G. Burton; Xiangqun Cui; Nicholas F. H. Tothill. S288. ed. 2012. p. 302-303 (Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union; Vol. 8, No. S288).

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