Talk:South Pole Telescope

Sorry

sorry for writing this article anonymously, I didn't know I hadn't logged on. Raskolnikov The Penguin 20:44, 2005 July 18 (UTC)

Concern

Important discovery made in March 2014 is missing in the Article Page. Scientists have announced what was going on in the earliest moments of Universe right after the big bang! The gravitational waves generated due to inflation has produced a signature on the microwave sky. It has been now seen. The new data discovered by the team at SPT is almost perfect fit for Inflation.

This info is attributed to a documentary that I have, wherein the detailed images of this discovery are shown. I am afraid if I put this as an update with the relevant images then it would amount to copyright violations. Am I correct in assuming so? Else I would be more than glad to contribute to the article. - Anand2202 (talk) 16:28, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

I think you are referring to results from the BICEP2 instrument, which is different from the South Pole Telescope although they were located next to each other. As for copyright violations, you can read up here. I'm not an expert on the subject, but I do think that restrictions are quite rigid on this front. Plus, you have to learn how to upload the media to the Wikimedia Commons. A2soup (talk) 21:49, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

References

Construction, location and EHT involvement

I would really like to see some information added about the construction and specific location of the telescope.

Surely there must have been challenges in getting a telescope of any size down to the South Pole. Where was it constructed. Was it shipped in one piece, how did they move it to its current location, etc.

As for location, sitting on the bottom of the Earth must have other specific advantages that are not really mentioned in this article. Not being an astronomer myself, maybe a slight amateur, but I would think that being on the South Pole would have the advantage of having the same night sky basically in view all night long and pretty much the same view all year long.

Also be good to add in the involvement this telescope had in the EHT and the story about how the data had to wait for fare weather to fly out the hard drives.

Anyway, looking forward to seeing this information added if possible. Thanks! --Skippingrock (talk) 07:01, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

You have problems with clearing algorithms for Dish's aberration

It will not be a bad idea to look at your algorithms for clearing of the aberration from your abnormal-looking dish. These your aberration errors are leading to fake reconstruction of an Event Horizon Telescope's black hole image. Some of the EHT's Team test images show a clear resemblance to the shape of your dish.

Team 2 image, show most clear resemblance to your dish https://iopscience.iop.org/2041-8205/875/1/L4/downloadHRFigure/figure/apjlab0e85f4 https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qh48kg8ywaYJ6P2huGsucf-970-80.jpg

But this aberration has slipped into the final black hole image too.

Best regards, Emil Enchev, CEO Agiel Technologies.

Inaccurate information. Inaccurate location.

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-- Blake Stanley

You haven't said what you think is wrong with the coordinates in the article, and I'm unable to check them, since online mapping services don't display locations so close to the South Pole. If you think that there is an error, you'll need to supply a clear explanation of what it is, preferably with a source for the correct coordinates. Deor (talk) 01:13, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

altitude

why is the altitude such a huge number? Does it refer to sensing range?