Astronomy

[soonny]

why in the summer time no astronomer will go to the north pole to do stellar observation?

[dave_in_cw]

Because astronomers hate cold weather, and also because the constant cloud cover may pose certain observation problems. Besides, I'm sure there are so solar observation points across the globe that there is no need for another one on the North pole or elsewhere.

[dave_in_cw]

Sorry. Having re-read your question i realise that was a poor answer. Guess I simply don't know. But surely in the summer the sky would be blue or sunny apart from all the clouds 24/7 in the North pole, thereby making stellar observations more difficult.

[Hippy]

It doesn't get dark in the summer.

[soonny]

how bout solar radiation? can it disrupt the instruments?

[jenstar]

This is a two-part answer: 1. It doesn't get dark inside the arctic circle during the summer, it's daylight all day and night. 2. Arrggh! Quiz question! Unclean! Unclean!

[incitatus]

As well as the sunshine and the cold (which plays hell with the telescopes) there are other factors. The only thing to look at in the summer is the sun, as it is up pretty much all day. So you could look at this.From the north pole you are looking at the sun (for a solar observation) through the thickest possibl chunk of atmosphere, leading to a lousy picture. add to this the fact that at the north pole there is nothing stable to stick your telesscope on, as it is a frozen ocean not solid ground, and it all becomes a bit of a waste of time.

[darth vader]

because they're all on the beach in Barbados. This is a quiz question isn't it.

[johnah]

The only star you can see from the Noth Pole in Summer is the Sun and there are more convenient places to observe the sun from.