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

Alberto Riva; Paolo Conconi; Alberto Javier Castro-Tirado; Filippo Zerbi; Ronan Cunniffe; Martin Jelinek; Stanislav Vìtek

doi:10.1155/2010/760416

Advances in Astronomy (Jan 2010)

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

Alberto Riva,
Paolo Conconi,
Alberto Javier Castro-Tirado,
Filippo Zerbi,
Ronan Cunniffe,
Martin Jelinek,
Stanislav Vìtek

Affiliations

Alberto Riva: INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, Strada Osservatorio, 20, 10025 Pino Torinese, Italy
Paolo Conconi: INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Emilio Bianchi, 46, 23807 Merate, Italy
Alberto Javier Castro-Tirado: IAA—Instituto de Astrofìsica de Andalucìa (CSIC), Camino Bajo de Huétor, 50, 18008 Granada, Spain
Filippo Zerbi: INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Emilio Bianchi, 46, 23807 Merate, Italy
Ronan Cunniffe: Blackrock Castle Observatory (Cork Institute of Technology), Castle Road, Mahon, Cork, Ireland
Martin Jelinek: IAA—Instituto de Astrofìsica de Andalucìa (CSIC), Camino Bajo de Huétor, 50, 18008 Granada, Spain
Stanislav Vìtek: Department of Radio Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technickà, 2, 166 27, Praha, Czech Republic

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/760416
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2010

Abstract

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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.

Published in Advances in Astronomy

ISSN: 1687-7969 (Print); 1687-7977 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Astronomy
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/5081

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