High Elevation Antarctic Terahertz Telescope

High Elevation Antarctic Terahertz Telescope
Alternative namesHEAT Edit this at Wikidata
Location(s)Ridge A, Antarctic Treaty area
Coordinates81°30′S 73°30′E / 81.5°S 73.5°E / -81.5; 73.5 Edit this at Wikidata
OrganizationUniversity of Arizona
University of New South Wales Edit this on Wikidata
Altitude4,040 m (13,250 ft) Edit this at Wikidata
Wavelength150 μm (2.0 THz)–600 μm (500 GHz)
First lightJanuary 2012 Edit this on Wikidata
Telescope styleinfrared telescope Edit this on Wikidata
Diameter60 cm (2 ft 0 in) Edit this at Wikidata
Websitesoral.as.arizona.edu/heat/ Edit this at Wikidata
High Elevation Antarctic Terahertz Telescope is located in Antarctica
High Elevation Antarctic Terahertz Telescope
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The High Elevation Antarctic Terahertz telescope is a far-infrared telescope, established by the University of Arizona and the University of New South Wales located at Ridge A at an altitude of 4,053 metres (13,297 ft), considered the most ideal location for observation in the world.[1] The extraordinary low humidity makes Inner Antarctica the best (by far) region for submillimeter astronomy observations.[2] The telescope is robotic, remote controlled. It is mostly operated during the local winter, when the average temperature is −70 °C (−94 °F).

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  1. ^ "The High Elevation Antarctic Terahertz (HEAT) telescope on Ridge A". Soral.as.arizona.edu. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. ^ "1994PASAu..11..127B Page 127". adsabs.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-04-20. Retrieved 2019-04-20.