AMICA: the Antarctic Mid-Infrared CAmera for the IRAIT telescope

We report a preliminary study of the main focal plane instrument for the IRAIT telescope, currently being built at INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Teramo. The basic requirements are those of a remotely-controlled camera aimed to perform 10- and 20-μm photometry from Dome-C in the standard bandpasse...

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Main Authors: M. Dolci, G. Valentini, O. Straniero, G. d. Rico, M. Ragni, D. Pelusi, C. Giuliani, A. d. Cianno, I. d. Varano, L. Corcione, F. Casoli, F. Paletou, TOSTI, Gino, BUSSO, Maurizio Maria
Other Authors: Giard, Martin, M., Dolci, G., Valentini, O., Straniero, G. d., Rico, M., Ragni, D., Pelusi, C., Giuliani, A. d., Cianno, I. d., Varano, Tosti, Gino, Busso, Maurizio Maria, L., Corcione, F., Casoli, F., Paletou
Format: Conference Object
Language:unknown
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11391/994390
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005EAS.14.337D
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Summary:We report a preliminary study of the main focal plane instrument for the IRAIT telescope, currently being built at INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Teramo. The basic requirements are those of a remotely-controlled camera aimed to perform 10- and 20-μm photometry from Dome-C in the standard bandpasses N and Q. Starting from the site properties and the science goals, the main components of AMICA (Antarctic Mid-Infrared CAmera) are described: a Si:As BIB array detector, sensitive in the range 2 28 μm; a fully reflective optical design; a cryostat modified in order to work at the extreme environmental conditions of the antarctic plateau; a cryocooler maintaining the operating temperature of 4.2 K without external intervention; an automatized and flexible control electronics. AMICA is designed to fully exploit the unique mid-infrared observing conditions at Dome-C.

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