IRAIT (Science to be done with...)

R. Guandalini; G. Tosti; M. Busso

doi:10.1051/eas:0833032

Issue		EAS Publications Series Volume 33, 2008 2^nd ARENA Conference: The Astrophysical Science Cases at Dome C


Page(s)		243 - 247
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/eas:0833032
Published online		13 November 2008

2^nd ARENA Conference: The Astrophysical Science Cases at Dome C
H. Zinnecker, N. Epchtein and H. Rauer (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 33 (2008) 243-247

IRAIT (Science to be done with...)

R. Guandalini, G. Tosti and M. Busso for the IRAIT Collaboration

Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, via A. Pascoli, 06123 Perugia, Italy

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Abstract

The International Robotic Antarctic Infrared Telescope (IRAIT) will be the first European infrared telescope to operate on the Antarctic Plateau: IRAIT is scheduled to arrive at Dome C during the 2007–2008 Antarctic campaign. The main IRAIT Focal Plane Instrument is AMICA (Antarctic Multiband Infrared CAmera) an instrument designed to observe in the Near- and Mid-infrared (2–28 μm). Here we give a brief description of the telescope and discuss which kind of science could be performed from Dome C.