The PYTHON Microwave Background Anisotropy Experiment: Instrumentation and Analysis

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Session 77 -- Cosmic Background Radiation
Oral presentation, Thursday, 2:30-4:00, Dwinelle 145 Room

[77.01] The PYTHON Microwave Background Anisotropy Experiment: Instrumentation and Analysis

J. Ruhl, M. Dragovan, G. Novak, S.R. Platt, B. Crone (Dept. of Physics, Princeton University), R. Pernic (Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago)

We will discuss the instrumentation and data analysis for the PYTHON microwave background anisotropy experiment. This instrument was used at the South Pole from 1/1 to 1/15 1993 for observations of the microwave sky at a frequency of 90~GHz. The telescope has a FWHM beam of $45'$, and a chop of $2.75^\circ$.

This work was supported by The Center for Astrophysics in Antarctica, PYI grant NSF AST-9057089, the James S. McDonnell Foundation, and NASA grant NGT-50622.

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