The Antarctic Multiband Infrared Camera (AMICA) is a double channel camera operating in the 2-28 micron infrared domain (KLMNQ bands) that will allow to characterize and exploit the exceptional advantages for Astronomy, expected from Dome C in Antarctica. The development of the camera control system is at its final stage. After the investigation of appropriate solutions against the critical environment, a reliable instrumentation has been developed. It is currently being integrated and tested to ensure the correct execution of automatic operations. Once it will be mounted on the International Robotic Antarctic Infrared Telescope (IRAIT), AMICA and its equipment will contribute to the accomplishment of a fully autonomous observatory.
@article{arxiv.1003.0636,
title = {Autonomous Observations in Antarctica with AMICA},
author = {Gianluca Di Rico and Maurizio Ragni and Mauro Dolci and Oscar Straniero and Angelo Valentini and Gaetano Valentini and Amico Di Cianno and Croce Giuliani and Demetrio Magrin and Carlotta Bonoli and Favio Bortoletto and Maurizio D'Alessandro and Leonardo Corcione and Alberto Riva},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.0636},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
12 pages, 4 figures, Advances in Astronomy Journal, Special Issue "Robotic Astronomy", Accepted 11 February 2010