Small IRAIT: telescope operations during the polar night

R. Briguglio; G. Tosti; M. Busso; M. Bagaglia; G. Nucciarelli; A. Mancini; S. Castellini; K. G. Strassmeier; O. Straniero; L. Sabbatini

doi:10.1117/12.791908

12 July 2008 Small IRAIT: telescope operations during the polar night

R. Briguglio, G. Tosti, M. Busso, M. Bagaglia, G. Nucciarelli, A. Mancini, S. Castellini, K. G. Strassmeier, O. Straniero, L. Sabbatini

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Proceedings Volume 7016, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems II; 70160H (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.791908
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

Small IRAIT is a 25 cm Cassegrain telescope, installed at Dome C, on the high Antarctic plateau, during 2007 winter campaign. It performed a first test of multiband (UBVRI) photometry from Dome C, taking advantage of its remote control system that allowed a 10 days, 98% duty cycle run on a chromospherically active, spotted star in Cen (V841); it also tested multiband acquisition on open clusters, AGB stars, blazars (PKS2155), eclipsing binaries. In situ optimization made the telescope able to operate in the cold, harsh Antarctic environment.

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R. Briguglio, G. Tosti, M. Busso, M. Bagaglia, G. Nucciarelli, A. Mancini, S. Castellini, K. G. Strassmeier, O. Straniero, and L. Sabbatini "Small IRAIT: telescope operations during the polar night", Proc. SPIE 7016, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems II, 70160H (12 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.791908

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