Number 24 (Story #4), 7 March 1991 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein THE SOUTH POLE WILL BE THE SITE for a new infrared telescope complex. The Pole is not only extremely dry (water vapor absorbs infrared radiation), but the stars seen there do not rise and fall; instead they circle around a point directly overhead. A nine-university consortium will operate the observatory, where the first instruments will be installed later this year. (The New York Times, 5 Mar. 1991.)