Design, Manufacturing, and Commissioning of BIRCAM (Bootes InfraRed CAMera)
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 sc...
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| author | Alberto Riva Paolo Conconi Alberto Javier Castro-Tirado Filippo Zerbi Ronan Cunniffe Martin Jelinek Stanislav Vìtek |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8c4ac300e06a4e5dbeb2e5a846bd27222025-08-20T03:37:41ZengWileyAdvances in Astronomy1687-79691687-79772010-01-01201010.1155/2010/760416760416Design, Manufacturing, and Commissioning of BIRCAM (Bootes InfraRed CAMera)Alberto Riva0Paolo Conconi1Alberto Javier Castro-Tirado2Filippo Zerbi3Ronan Cunniffe4Martin Jelinek5Stanislav Vìtek6INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, Strada Osservatorio, 20, 10025 Pino Torinese, ItalyINAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Emilio Bianchi, 46, 23807 Merate, ItalyIAA—Instituto de Astrofìsica de Andalucìa (CSIC), Camino Bajo de Huétor, 50, 18008 Granada, SpainINAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Emilio Bianchi, 46, 23807 Merate, ItalyBlackrock Castle Observatory (Cork Institute of Technology), Castle Road, Mahon, Cork, IrelandIAA—Instituto de Astrofìsica de Andalucìa (CSIC), Camino Bajo de Huétor, 50, 18008 Granada, SpainDepartment of Radio Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technickà, 2, 166 27, Praha, Czech RepublicThis 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/760416 |
| spellingShingle | Alberto Riva Paolo Conconi Alberto Javier Castro-Tirado Filippo Zerbi Ronan Cunniffe Martin Jelinek Stanislav Vìtek Design, Manufacturing, and Commissioning of BIRCAM (Bootes InfraRed CAMera) Advances in Astronomy |
| title | Design, Manufacturing, and Commissioning of BIRCAM (Bootes InfraRed CAMera) |
| title_full | Design, Manufacturing, and Commissioning of BIRCAM (Bootes InfraRed CAMera) |
| title_fullStr | Design, Manufacturing, and Commissioning of BIRCAM (Bootes InfraRed CAMera) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design, Manufacturing, and Commissioning of BIRCAM (Bootes InfraRed CAMera) |
| title_short | Design, Manufacturing, and Commissioning of BIRCAM (Bootes InfraRed CAMera) |
| title_sort | design manufacturing and commissioning of bircam bootes infrared camera |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/760416 |
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