SCAR AAA 2023

Session

Upper Atmosphere

20 Sept 2023, 10:00

16. ESCAPE: The study of the solar corona from Dome C, Antarctica

Gerardo Capobianco (INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Torino)

20/09/2023, 10:00

The Antarctica solar coronagraph –AntarctiCor– for the “Extreme Solar Coronagraphy Antarctic Program Experiment” –ESCAPE– comprises an internally-occulted coronagraph based on the externally-occulted ASPIICS space coronagraph for the ESA formation-flying PROBA-3 mission to be launched in 2024.

This presentation describes the AntarctiCor optical design for ground-based observations of the...

24. A free-space optical data relay for Antarctica

Marcus Birch (Australian National University)

20/09/2023, 10:45

The polar regions have an established history of usage for radio frequency ground stations, offering favourable orbital dynamics for linking with the increasingly large amount of satellites in polar orbits. These dynamics, combined with favourable atmospheric conditions for optics, suggests the Antarctic continent is an excellent location for an optical ground station. We conduct a large...