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AMICA Control System Progress Status

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

L. Spinoglio ,
N. Epchtein ,
D. Magrin ,
F. Bortoletto ,
C. Bonoli ,
M. D'Alessandro ,
E. Giro ,
D. Fantinel ,
L. Corcione  and
C. Giuliani
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D. Magrin
Affiliation:
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Italy
F. Bortoletto
Affiliation:
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Italy
C. Bonoli
Affiliation:
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Italy
M. D'Alessandro
Affiliation:
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Italy
E. Giro
Affiliation:
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Italy
D. Fantinel
Affiliation:
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Italy
L. Corcione
Affiliation:
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, Italy
C. Giuliani
Affiliation:
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico Collurania Teramo, Italy
A. Di Cianno
Affiliation:
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico Collurania Teramo, Italy
G. Di Rico
Affiliation:
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico Collurania Teramo, Italy
M. Dolci
Affiliation:
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico Collurania Teramo, Italy
O. Straniero
Affiliation:
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico Collurania Teramo, Italy
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Abstract

The Antarctic Multi-band Infrared Camera is a NIR/MIR double armed camera operating in the K, L, M, N, Q photometrical bands that will be mounted at one of the F/21.65 IRAIT Nasmyth foci (Tosti et al. 2006; Dolci et al. 2009). AMICA will host two detectors: the short wavelength radiation, 1-5.5 µm NIR band, is sensed by a Raytheon CRC-463 InSb 256 × 256 detector, while the long wavelengths 7-25 µm MIR band – is served by a DRS Technologies BIB Si:As 128 × 128 pixels array optimized for moderate photon flux. A fully reflective optical system, composed of two off-axis parabolic mirrors and one fixed 45° flat mirror, achieves a common, optimized, focal ratio reduction to F/14.73 at the detectors focal plane. Taking advantage from the large difference in pixel size between the NIR/MIR detectors, the resulting field-of-view will be 2.29 × 2.29 arcmin2 and 2.87 × 2.87 arcmin2 on the NIR and MIR array, respectively. In the present paper we report on the successful tests of the NIR/ MIR multiplexers functionality at the maximum required readout frequency.

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Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 40: 3rd ARENA Conference: An Astronomical Observatory at CONCORDIA (Dome C, Antarctica) , 2010 , pp. 177 - 181
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2010

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References

Tosti, G., Busso, M., Nucciarelli, G., et al., 2006, SPIE, 6267, 62671H
Dolci, M., Straniero, O., Di Rico, G., et al., 2010, this proceedings
Bortoletto, F., D'Alessandro, M., Giro, E., et al., 2006, SPIE, 6269, 62695A