A wide-field telescope for MACHO searching at dome-C

Roberto Ragazzoni; Giuseppe Bono; Piero Salinari; Carmelo Arcidiacono; Maurizio Busso; Emiliano Diolaiti; Jacopo Farinato; Anna Moore; Armando Riccardi; Marco Roncatelli; Giorgio Sartori; Roberto Soci; Gino Tosti; Elise Vernet

doi:10.1117/12.552057

A wide-field telescope for MACHO searching at dome-C

Roberto Ragazzoni^*, Giuseppe Bono, Piero Salinari, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Maurizio Busso, Emiliano Diolaiti, Jacopo Farinato, Anna Moore, Armando Riccardi, Marco Roncatelli, Giorgio Sartori, Roberto Soci, Gino Tosti, Elise Vernet

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Wide-Field imaging at visible wavelengths with seeing of the order of 0.1-0.2arcsec is believed to be possible from the high Antarctic plateau site of Dome-C by the removal of ground layer effects only. We present a proposal for a 2m-class telescope specifically designed for the science case of short duration (~10s or greater) microlensing events in the crowded central regions of Galactic Globular Clusters and nearby galaxies where the achievement of a spatial resolution of the order of a fraction of arcsec is essential. The philosophy behind the telescope proposal is discussed in detail. It is emphasized that this is a project with a specific unique science goal in mind and not a large scale facility instrument. A preliminary design for the optics, ground layer removal using a deformable secondary and "static" wavefront sensor and telescope structure is presented. In particular, it is shown that substantial simplification in the design can be achieved by having a specific science goal in mind, so reducing the complexity and increasing reliability. Transport and logistics for the successful deployment and operation of the telescope at the Dome-C site are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	481-490
Number of pages	10
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5489
Issue number	PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552057
Publication status	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes
Event	Ground-based Telescopes - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 21 Jun 2004 → 25 Jun 2004

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Ragazzoni, R., Bono, G., Salinari, P., Arcidiacono, C., Busso, M., Diolaiti, E., Farinato, J., Moore, A., Riccardi, A., Roncatelli, M., Sartori, G., Soci, R., Tosti, G., & Vernet, E. (2004). A wide-field telescope for MACHO searching at dome-C. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5489(PART 1), 481-490. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552057

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