Michael Ashley
Michael CB Ashley is an Australian astronomer . He is a professor at the School of Physics at the University of New South Wales , in Sydney , where he is particularly committed to an observation station on Dome C in Antarctica.
Antarctica and Dome C
Together with Jon Lawrence , Andrei Tokovinin and Tony Travouillon , he published an article in Nature in September 2004 about the observation conditions in Antarctica. They came to the conclusion that Dome C is ideal as an observatory location because it is where the clearest sky on earth can be found.
Web links
- Michael Ashley on the UNSW website
- An FAQ on the results found at Dome C
- Interview with Michael Ashley
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jon Lawrence, Michael Ashley, Andrei Tokovinin, Tony Travouillon: Exceptional astronomical seeing conditions above Dome C in Antarctica . In: Nature . 431, No. 7006, Sept. 16 2004, pp. 278-81. bibcode : 2004Natur.431..278L . doi : 10.1038 / nature02929 . PMID 15372024 . Retrieved June 30, 2009.
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SURNAME | Ashley, Michael |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ashley, Michael CB |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian astronomer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |