The IRAIT Project

Abstract We present the status of the project IRAIT (the Italian Robotic Antarctic Infrared Telescope) that will be hosted at Dome C in the Italo-French Concordia station. We review the main scientific motivations of the effort, and describe the characteristics of the telescope, which has been compl...

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Published in:Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Main Authors: Busso, M., Tosti, G., Persi, P., Ferrari-Toniolo, M., Ciprini, S., Corcione, L., Gasparoni, F., Dabalá, M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2002
Subjects:
Space and Planetary Science
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Antarctic
Concordia Station
Antarc*
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/as01076
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1323358000007189
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Summary:Abstract We present the status of the project IRAIT (the Italian Robotic Antarctic Infrared Telescope) that will be hosted at Dome C in the Italo-French Concordia station. We review the main scientific motivations of the effort, and describe the characteristics of the telescope, which has been completed and is now under test at the Coloti-Montone site operated by the University of Perugia. Then we describe the design of the mid-IR camera that is under construction, showing some examples of the applications on the basis of the twin instrument TIRCAM II , now operating at the Italian Infrared Telescope TIRGO.

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