The Small IRAIT telescope. Photometric time-series during the polar night

• Main Authors: BRIGUGLIO R, TOSTI G, STRASSMEIER K. G, BRUNTT H, SABATINI L., NESCI, Roberto
• Other Authors: Briguglio, R, Tosti, G, Strassmeier, K. G., Bruntt, H, Nesci, Roberto, Sabatini, L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Societa Astronomica Italiana / Florence:Largo E Fermi 5, 50125 Florence Italy:011 39 55 2752270 2009
• Subjects: antarctica; photometry; site testing; Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; polar night
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11573/17533

The Small IRAIT is a 25 cm telescope which was deployed and installed at Dome C, on the high antarctic plateau, in 2007. During the polar night an intensive photometric program was carried out: despite the harshness of the polar winter, the telescope worked in a semi-robotic way giving us a large amount of photometric data and precious informations about technology and procedures for polar missions.