The PLATO Dome A site-testing observatory: Power generation and control systems

JS Lawrence, MCB Ashley, S Hengst… - Review of Scientific …, 2009‏ - pubs.aip.org
The atmospheric conditions above Dome A, a currently unmanned location at the highest
point on the Antarctic plateau, are uniquely suited to astronomy. For certain types of …

Thermalizing a telescope in Antarctica–analysis of ASTEP observations

T Guillot, L Abe, A Agabi, JP Rivet… - Astronomische …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
The installation and operation of a telescope in Antarctica represent particular challenges, in
particular the requirement to operate at extremely cold temperatures, to cope with rapid …

The STELLA robotic observatory on Tenerife

KG Strassmeier, T Granzer, M Weber… - Advances in …, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP) and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)
inaugurated the robotic telescopes STELLA‐I and STELLA‐II (STELLar Activity) on Tenerife …

The PLATO Antarctic site testing observatory

JS Lawrence, GR Allen, MCB Ashley… - Ground-based and …, 2008‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
Over a decade of site testing in Antarctica has shown that both South Pole and Dome C are
exceptional sites for astronomy, with certain atmospheric conditions superior to those at …

Three years of experience with the STELLA robotic observatory

T Granzer, M Weber, KG Strassmeier - Advances in Astronomy, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
Since May 2006, the two STELLA robotic telescopes at the Izaña observatory in Tenerife,
Spain, delivered an almost uninterrupted stream of scientific data. To achieve such a high …

[PDF][PDF] Economy robotization in develo** countries

Y Tyurina, M Troyanskaya, T Kuznetsova… - Espacios, 2019‏ - revistaespacios.com
Economy robotization is a relevant issue for both developed and develo** countries.
Recently robotization has become available even in nonindustrialized countries. The …

A case study in the application of failure analysis techniques to Antarctic Systems: EDEN ISS

A Santos, V Infante, M Bamsey… - 2016 IEEE International …, 2016‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the utilisation of the FMECA technique to Antarctic equipment
development. Dependability techniques, which are traditionally applied to aerospace …

Dome C site testing: implications for science and technology of future telescopes

L Spinoglio, N Epchtein, JS Lawrence… - European …, 2010‏ - cambridge.org
Site testing data provides an essential part of the justification for funding any new
astronomical facility by defining the technological design and determining the telescope …

Opto-mechanical design of the Antarctic Telescope ICE-T

KG Strassmeier, I DiVarano, M Woche… - Ground-based and …, 2010‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
The International Concordia Explorer Telescope (ICE-T) is two 60cm wide-field robotic
Schmidt telescopes optimized for high-precision CCD photometry in two separate …

Site Characterization at Dome C–The ARENA Work

R Gredel - EAS Publications Series, 2010‏ - eas-journal.org
In recent years, a large amount of data has been collected with the aim to quantify the day-
and nighttime astronomical observing conditions at Dome C. The available data show that …