The Gattini cameras for optical sky brightness measurements in Antarctica
The Gattini cameras are two site testing instruments for the measurement of optical sky brightness, large area cloud cover and auroral detection of the night sky above the high altitude Dome C site in Antarctica. The cameras have been in operation since January 2006. The cameras are transit in natur...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.587.138 2023-05-15T14:00:04+02:00 The Gattini cameras for optical sky brightness measurements in Antarctica Eric Aristidib Michael Ashleyc Maurizio Bussod Maurizio C Jon Everettc Suzanne Kenyonc Jon Lawrencec Andre Phillipsc Brice Le Rouxe Piero Salinarie John Storeyc Melinda Taylorc Gino Tostid Tony Travouillonf The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.587.138 http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jacara/Papers/pdf/moore06a.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.587.138 http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jacara/Papers/pdf/moore06a.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jacara/Papers/pdf/moore06a.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T13:18:30Z The Gattini cameras are two site testing instruments for the measurement of optical sky brightness, large area cloud cover and auroral detection of the night sky above the high altitude Dome C site in Antarctica. The cameras have been in operation since January 2006. The cameras are transit in nature and are virtually identical, both adopting Apogee Alta ccd detectors. The camera called Gattini-SBC images a 6 degree field centred on the South Pole, an elevation of 75o at the Dome C site. The camera takes repeated images of the same 6 degree field in the Sloan g ’ band (centred on 477nm) and, by adopting a lens with sufficiently long focal length, one can integrate the sky background photons and directly compare to the equivalent values of the stars within the field. The second camera, called Gattini-allsky, incorporates a fish-eye lens and images ~110 degree field centred on local zenith. By taking frequent images of the night sky we will obtain long term cloud cover statistics, measure the sky background intensity as a function of solar and lunar altitude and phase and directly measure the spatial extent of bright aurora if present and when they occur. An overview of the project is presented together with preliminary results from data taken since operation of the cameras in January 2006. 1. Text Antarc* Antarctica South pole South pole Unknown Alta South Pole |
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The Gattini cameras are two site testing instruments for the measurement of optical sky brightness, large area cloud cover and auroral detection of the night sky above the high altitude Dome C site in Antarctica. The cameras have been in operation since January 2006. The cameras are transit in nature and are virtually identical, both adopting Apogee Alta ccd detectors. The camera called Gattini-SBC images a 6 degree field centred on the South Pole, an elevation of 75o at the Dome C site. The camera takes repeated images of the same 6 degree field in the Sloan g ’ band (centred on 477nm) and, by adopting a lens with sufficiently long focal length, one can integrate the sky background photons and directly compare to the equivalent values of the stars within the field. The second camera, called Gattini-allsky, incorporates a fish-eye lens and images ~110 degree field centred on local zenith. By taking frequent images of the night sky we will obtain long term cloud cover statistics, measure the sky background intensity as a function of solar and lunar altitude and phase and directly measure the spatial extent of bright aurora if present and when they occur. An overview of the project is presented together with preliminary results from data taken since operation of the cameras in January 2006. 1. |
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