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The Dome C Gattini sky brightness cameras: results from the first year of operation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 November 2008

H. Zinnecker ,
N. Epchtein ,
H. Rauer ,
A.M. Moore ,
T. Leslie ,
M.C.B. Ashley ,
E. Aristidi ,
T. Bedding ,
R. Briguglio  and
M. Busso
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A.M. Moore
Affiliation:
Caltech Optical Observatories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91106, USA
T. Leslie
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
M.C.B. Ashley
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
E. Aristidi
Affiliation:
LUAN, Université de Nice, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
T. Bedding
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
R. Briguglio
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
M. Busso
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, via A. Pascoli, 06123 Perugia, Italy
M. Candidi
Affiliation:
IFSI – INAF, Rome, Italy
G. Cutispoto
Affiliation:
INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, via S. Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy
E. Distefano
Affiliation:
INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, via S. Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy
J. Everett
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
S. Kenyon
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
J. Lawrence
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
B. Le Roux
Affiliation:
INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, Firenze 50125, Italy
D. Luong-Van
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
A. Phillips
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
R. Ragazzoni
Affiliation:
OAMP/LAM, 2 place Le Verrier, Marseille Cedex 4, France
L. Sabbatini
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
P. Salinari
Affiliation:
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Padova, Italy
D. Stello
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
J.W.V. Storey
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
M. Taylor
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
G. Tosti
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, via A. Pascoli, 06123 Perugia, Italy
T. Travouillon
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91106, USA
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Abstract

The Gattini-DomeC project, part of the IRAIT site testing campaign and ongoing since January 2006, consists of two cameras for the measurement of optical sky brightness, large area cloud cover, and auroral detection above the DomeC site, home of the French-Italian Concordia station. The cameras are transit in nature and are virtually identical except for the nature of the lenses. The cameras have operated throughout the past two Antarctic winter seasons and here we present the results obtained from the 2006 winter-time dataset of the wide field “All-sky camera".

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Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 33: 2nd ARENA Conference: The Astrophysical Science Cases at Dome C , 2008 , pp. 13 - 19
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2008

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