Telescope and instrument robotization at Dome C

• Published in: Astronomische Nachrichten
• Main Authors: Strassmeier, K. G., Agabi, Karim, Agnoletto, L., Allan, Alasdair, Andersen, Michael I., Ansorge, Wolfgang R., Bortoletto, F., Briguglio, R., Buey, Jean-Tristan, Castellini, S., Coudé Du Foresto, Vincent, Damé, Luc, Deeg, Hans J., Eiroa, Carlos, Durand, Gilles, Fappani, D., Frezzotti, M., Granzer, T., Gröschke, A., Kärcher, H. J., Lenzen, Rainer, Mancini, A., Montanari, C., Mora, A., Pierre, A., Pirnay, O., Roncella, F., Schmider, Francois-Xavier, Steele, I., Storey, John W., Tothill, N. F. H., Travouillon, Tony, Vittuari, L.
• Other Authors: Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (AIP), Laboratoire Universitaire d'Astrophysique de Nice (LUAN), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Italian National Program for Research in Antarctica (PNRA), School of Physics and Astronomy Exeter, University of Exeter, RAMS-CON Management Consultants, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (OAPD), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Dipartimento di Fisica Roma La Sapienza, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" = Sapienza University Rome (UNIROMA), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pôle Astronomie du LESIA, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Ingénieurs, Techniciens et Administratifs, Physique solaire, Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia Perugia, Università degli Studi di Perugia = University of Perugia (UNIPG), Service d'aéronomie (SA), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC), Instituto de Física Teórica UAM/CSIC (IFT), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas España = Spanish National Research Council Spain (CSIC)-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Société Européenne de Systèmes Optiques (SESO), Ente per le Nuove Technologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente (ENEA), Centro Ricerche Casaccia, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), MT Mechatronics, Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie (MPI Aeronomie), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, L'Institut polaire français Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV), Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.), AMOS, Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), University of New South Wales Sydney (UNSW), Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Dipartimento di Ingegneria delle Strutture, dei Trasporti, delle Acque, del Rilevamento, del Territorio (DISTART), Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna = University of Bologna (UNIBO)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2007
• Subjects: [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]; Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03785281; https://hal.science/hal-03785281/document; https://hal.science/hal-03785281/file/Astron%20Nachr%20-%202007%20-%20Strassmeier%20-%20Telescope%20and%20instrument%20robotization%20at%20Dome%20C.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/asna.200710780

International audience This article reviews the situation for robotization of telescopes and instruments at the Antarctic station Concordia on Dome C. A brain-storming meeting was held in Tenerife in March 2007 from which this review emerged. We describe and summarize the challenges for night-time operations of various astronomical experiments at conditions ``between Earth and Space'' and conclude that robotization is likely a prerequisite for continuous astronomical data taking during the 2000-hour night at Dome C.