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: Dolci, M, Valentini, G., Straniero, O., Di Rico, G., Ragni, M., Giuliani, C., Di Cianno, A., Tosti, G., Busso, M., Corcione, L., PELUSI, DANILO, DI VARANO, Igor
Other Authors: Pelusi, Danilo
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Engineering (all)
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11575/92718
https://doi.org/10.1051/eas:2005054
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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. © EAS, EDP Sciences 2005.

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