The South Pole Telescope Blog - Cool Links https://pole.uchicago.edu/blog/ The South Pole Telescope (or SPT) is a telescope designed to study the Cosmic Microwave background. Constructed between November 2006 and February 2007, the SPT is the largest telescope ever deployed at the South Pole. With this blog we invite you to share in the SPT teams' scientific endeavors and adventures in Antarctica. en Serendipity 1.5.3 - http://www.s9y.org/ Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:49:01 GMT https://pole.uchicago.edu/blog/templates/default/img/s9y_banner_small.png RSS: The South Pole Telescope Blog - Cool Links - The South Pole Telescope (or SPT) is a telescope designed to study the Cosmic Microwave background. Constructed between November 2006 and February 2007, the SPT is the largest telescope ever deployed at the South Pole. With this blog we invite you to share in the SPT teams' scientific endeavors and adventures in Antarctica. https://pole.uchicago.edu/blog/ 100 21 Life at 90S https://pole.uchicago.edu/blog/index.php?/archives/2-Life-at-90S.html Cool Links https://pole.uchicago.edu/blog/index.php?/archives/2-Life-at-90S.html#comments https://pole.uchicago.edu/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=2 0 https://pole.uchicago.edu/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=2 nospam@example.com (Lindsey Bleem) Curious about life down at the Pole? Check out this <a href="http://johnruhl.blogspot.com/">blog</a> by SPT scientist Dr. John Ruhl. <br /> <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1-YMsvAG2t4/Tt_W7F3Y2VI/AAAAAAAAATA/nDDgSk5tR_A/s400/IMG_2940.JPG" alt="" /> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:41:43 -0600 https://pole.uchicago.edu/blog/index.php?/archives/2-guid.html Live SPT-Exploratorium Webcast Tomorrow! (Dec 7th) https://pole.uchicago.edu/blog/index.php?/archives/9-Live-SPT-Exploratorium-Webcast-Tomorrow!-Dec-7th.html Cool Links https://pole.uchicago.edu/blog/index.php?/archives/9-Live-SPT-Exploratorium-Webcast-Tomorrow!-Dec-7th.html#comments https://pole.uchicago.edu/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=9 0 https://pole.uchicago.edu/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=9 nospam@example.com (Lindsey Bleem) Be sure to head on over to the Exploratorium's <a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/poles/index.php#">site</a> tomorrow at 9:00 CST to join us for a live webcast with members of the SPT team at pole. This is a great opportunity to ask SPT scientists questions about their research.<br /><br /> The last few weeks at pole we have been busy characterizing our detectors (Kathryn talks about her work on this <a href="http://pole.uchicago.edu/blog_old/kathryn/2007/11/holding-my-breath.html">here</a>), preparing our receiver for an upgrade and improving the surface of our primary mirror. On the primary mirror, we hope to achieve a surface smoothness of 20 microns (less than the thickness of a human hair), which is quite an accomplishment across a 10 meter dish! Back in the states, we have been busy fabricating and testing new pixels for the camera this season. Here is a (seasonably appropriate) photo of one of new bolometers magnified 500x under a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Click <a href="http://pole.uchicago.edu/public/detectors.html">here</a> or <a href="http://bolo.berkeley.edu/bolometers/">here</a> for more information on our detectors. For more on the SEM check out these links (<a href="http://mse.iastate.edu/microscopy/">background</a>, <a href="http://www.nmnh.si.edu/highlight/sem/highlight/sem/semgallery.htm">gallery</a>).<br /><br /><span><img src="http://pole.uchicago.edu/blog_old/uploaded_images/center_500x.jpg" width="400" /></span><div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div><br /> </div> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:46:00 -0600 https://pole.uchicago.edu/blog/index.php?/archives/9-guid.html