This article reviews the situation for robotization of telescopes and instruments at the Antarctic station Concordia on Dome C. 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.
Telescope and instrument robotization at Dome C / K.G. Strassmeier; K. Agabi; L. Agnoletto; A. Allan; M. I. Andersen; W. Ansorge; F. Bortoletto; R. Briguglio; J.-T. Buey; S. Castellini; V. Coud´e du Foresto; L. Dam´e; H. J. Deeg; C. Eiroa; G. Durand; D. Fappani; M. Frezzotti; T. Granzer; A. Gr¨oschke; H. J. K¨archer; R. Lenzen; A. Mancini; C. Montanari; A. Mora; A. Pierre; O. Pirnay; F. Roncella; F.-X. Schmider; I. Steele; J.W. V. Storey; N. F. H. Tothill; T. Travouillon; L. Vittuari; and M. Weber. - In: ASTRONOMISCHE NACHRICHTEN. - ISSN 0004-6337. - STAMPA. - AN 328, No. 6:(2007), pp. 451-474.
Telescope and instrument robotization at Dome C
VITTUARI, LUCA;
2007
Abstract
This article reviews the situation for robotization of telescopes and instruments at the Antarctic station Concordia on Dome C. 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.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
