Design, Manufacturing, and Commissioning of BIRCAM (Bootes InfraRed CAMera)

Advances in Astronomy

Research Article

Stanislav Vìtek²  Martin Jelinek⁴  Ronan Cunniffe¹  Filippo Zerbi⁵  Alberto Javier Castro-Tirado⁴  Paolo Conconi⁵  Alberto Riva³ 

[1] Blackrock Castle Observatory (Cork Institute of Technology), Castle Road, Mahon, Cork, Ireland, bco.ie;Department of Radio Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technickà, 2, 166 27, Praha, Czech Republic, cvut.cz;INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, Strada Osservatorio, 20, 10025 Pino Torinese, Italy, oato.inaf.it;IAA—Instituto de Astrofìsica de Andalucìa (CSIC), Camino Bajo de Huétor, 50, 18008 Granada, Spain, iaa.es;INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Emilio Bianchi, 46, 23807 Merate, Italy, brera.inaf.it

Others  :  1265968
DOI  :  10.1155/2010/760416

 received in 2009-06-30, accepted in 2009-11-23,  发布年份 2010

【 摘 要 】

This paper covers the various aspect of design, manufacturing and commissioning of the infrared camera BIRCAM, installed at BOOTES-IR, the 60 cm robotic infrared telescope at Sierra Nevada Observatory (OSN, Granada, Spain). We describe how we achieved a quality astronomical image, moving from the scientific requirements.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
Copyright © 2010 2010

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