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The High Elevation Antarctic Terahertz Telescope (HEAT) is a 61 cm far infrared (FIR) telescope located on Ridge A (near Dome A) in Antarctica, which began operation in 2012. HEAT is unique because no current major telescopes observe portions of the FIR spectrum. Before its operation, a pilot 20 cm telescope called Pre-HEAT operated at the site. HEAT shares the site (or is considered part of) PLATO-R (for Plateau Observatory for Ridge A), which includes two other instruments that collect data on atmospheric conditions. The site is totally automated, operated remotely.