August, 2013....J.
Dana Hrubes...updated August 31, 2013, 2300 GMT
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The Milky Way with the Coalsack Nebula, the Southern Cross, the Large Magellanic Cloud, Canopus, and Alpha and Beta Centauri
The month of August was again rather
disappoining with regard to auroral displays at the Pole. In fact, this
has been one of the strangest winters I have seen. The number of
auroral displays was low and the weather was very poor much of the
time. This winter has left me with memories of being battered, day
after day, by high winds on my walk to and from the South Pole
Telescope, neary a mile from the main station. milky way, large and small magellanic clouds, canopus
Aurora
Australis with a full moon
Emerging from the roof hatch to work on the South Pole
Telescope (SPT) while it is illuminated by a full moon
Venus appeared during August and was visible above the hoizon on a particularly clear day. Venus and SPT close-up of Venus Venus higher in the sky with a hint of twilight
The first hints of twilight were visible on clear days at the end of
the month. The twilight will slowly get brighter as sunrise on
September 21st approaches. twilight backlighting the main station
Recent SPT News:
The SPT
collaboration made the news this month after submitting a paper
detailing the first measurements of a long predicted polarization
pattern in the afterglow of the Big Bang, called lensed
B-modes. Nature Magazine Sky and Telescope Magazine Physics World the SPT technical paper
Next Month: September - Sunrise September 21st!
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