Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica

Mark Dragovan providing the Chautauqua participants with a tour of the
DASI (Degree Angular Scale Inteferometer) telescope which will deploy to
South Pole in the Winter of 99/00.
Climbing around inside DASI.
Steve Meyer demonstrating the attenuation of atmosphere
at short wavelengths with bolometer and filters.
Participants listening closely.
Michael Turner explaining the Universe.
John Carlstrom demonstrating polarization
properties with Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect horn and miteq amplifier
set up.
Nils Halverson showing DASI receiver response to
cold load with and without lens in place,
i.e., showing what the lens does at microwaves.
Reception at Adler (above) and then the Pritzker Cosmology Gallery
(below).
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