Night-time seeing and atmospheric behaviour in the Canary Islands observatories

Bibcode
1990Ap&SS.171..257M
DOI
10.1007/BF00646860
Munoz-Tunon, C.; Fuentes, F. J.
Referencia bibliográfica

(IAU, European Regional Astronomy Meeting, 11th, La Laguna, Spain, July 3-8, 1989) Astrophysics and Space Science (ISSN 0004-640X), vol. 171, no. 1-2, Sept. 1990, p. 257-266.

Fecha de publicación:
9
1990
Número de autores
2
Número de autores del IAC
0
Número de citas
3
Número de citas referidas
3
Descripción
The effects of atmospheric turbulence on astronomical observations from the Observatorio del Teide (Tenerife) and the Observatorio Roque de los Muchachos (La Palma) in the Canary Islands are characterized, summarizing the results of recent measurement campaigns. Data on image quality, atmospheric transmission, and IR conditions are presented in graphs and compared with similar data from the UKIRT (Mauna Kea), and the need for detailed measurements of isoplanatic angle and speckle lifetime is indicated. The general suitability of the Canaries as observatory sites is confirmed.
Tipo
Sin árbitro
Efectos atmosféricos

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