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October 30, 2017: Summer team begins arriving at the South Pole

 

 

South Pole, January 10, 2012: A photograph of the SPT with the new RF shield extending past the 10 meter primary, designed to reduce ground contamination to a level below the predicted polarization signal of the CMB on few degree angular scales. SPT construction team members pose in front of the completed shield and telescope.    

Photo Credit: Chris Kendall.



  

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November, 2017: SPT-3G camera upgrade begins.

Scientists working on the South Pole Telescope (SPT) project have made the long-journey to Antarctica to begin work on the SPT-3G camera. The goal for this summer season is to bring the SPT-3G camera up to full sensitivity following its initial installation in Jan 2017. The upgraded camera will have more than 10x more detectors than its predecessor, SPTpol, and will be used to make an ultra-sensitive map of CMB polarization across 2500 sq. degrees.

 
  
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