Research Article

Autonomous Observations in Antarctica with AMICA

Figure 1

3D rendering of the AMICA equipment mounted at the IRAIT fork. Most of the instrumentation is enclosed in thermal conditioned boxes (white) while the cryostat (red) is mounted at the telescope focus. Two small cabinets contain the cryocooler cold head and some vacuum system components. The box below encloses the LCU, the read-out electronics, controllers, and camera auxiliary devices. The cryocompressor (blue) is mounted below the rotating floor while the M2 wobbling system (light grey) is mounted at the IRAIT top ring.
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