Ellesmere Island site testing

埃尔斯米尔岛现场测试

• 批准号: 408430-2011
• 负责人: Carlberg, Raymond
• 金额: $ 1.09万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Northern Research Supplement
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=573411
• 关键词: Ellesmere; Island; site; testing

In 2004 Carlberg initiated a Canadian program of site testing in the arctic and have sent an undergraduate and a graduate student to North West Ellesmere Island under the Polar Shelf program of Natural Resources Canada. The current program is an active collaboration with HIA-NRC (Eric Steinbring) and UBC (Paul Hickson). We have also worked with Defense Canada and Environment Canada who have helped us design and build arctic hardened equipment. We have established that Ellesmere Island is clear about 2/3 of the time, as indicated by satellite data and now "ground truth" data. Hickson has demonstrated that the image quality is as good as expected--one of the best sites on the planet. Over the next five years we hope to establish a modest observatory with at least a one meter telescope, which can be done within a budget of a few hundred thousand dollars, but ideally a two meter diffraction limited telescope limited telescope, which is roughly a $10M venture and will depend on raising funds. Our efforts have attracted interest from around the world and we expect that we will be able to collaborate widely once the site is developed. The scientific focus of the observatory will be on astronomical imaging in general, with an emphasis on planet detection and planet characterization.

2004年，嘉宝发起了一项加拿大北极地区现场测试计划，并根据加拿大自然资源部的极地大陆架计划，向西北埃尔斯米尔岛派遣了一名本科生和一名研究生。目前的计划是与HIA-NRC（Eric Steinbring）和UBC（Paul Hickson）的积极合作。我们还与加拿大国防部和加拿大环境部合作，他们帮助我们设计和建造北极加固设备。 我们已经确定，埃尔斯米尔岛是明确的约2/3的时间，如卫星数据和现在的“地面实况”数据。希克森已经证明，图像质量和预期的一样好--地球上最好的网站之一。 在接下来的五年里，我们希望建立一个至少有一米望远镜的小型天文台，这可以在几十万美元的预算内完成，但理想的是一个两米衍射限制望远镜限制望远镜，这大约是一个1000万美元的风险，将取决于筹集资金。我们的努力引起了世界各地的兴趣，我们期望，一旦网站开发完成，我们将能够进行广泛合作。 观测站的科学重点将是一般的天文成像，重点是行星探测和行星定性。