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Widefield IR Imaging at Dome C

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2007

N. Epchtein ,
M. Candidi  and
M. Casali
M. Casali*
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Karl-Swarzschild Str. 2, Garching bei Muenchen, 85748 Munich, Germany
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Abstract

The characteristics required of a Dome-C widefield IR imaging facility in order to compete with ground and space-based telescopes are discussed. Although the K-dark filter offers an opportunity for a 2 m-class facility to compete with much larger survey telescopes, a diameter approaching 8 m together with an ambitious focal plane are required if such a facility is to be competitive with near-term space facilities in the thermal IR. 


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Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 25: 1st ARENA Conference on "Large Astronomical Infrastructures at CONCORDIA, prospects and constraints for Antarctic Optical/IR Astronomy" , 2007 , pp. 201 - 208
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2007

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