First daytime seeing monitoring at Dome C
Abstract
The first astronomical seeing monitoring has been made with a DIMM instrument at the Antarctic plateau site of Dome C in December, 2002 on the bright star Canopus (alpha Eri) during the daytime. In these far from optimal conditions, a median seeing of 1.2 arcsec as been obtained, with extended periods better than 1 arc-sec and 12 percent of the time better tan 0.75 arcsec.
- Publication:
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Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana Supplementi
- Pub Date:
- 2003
- Bibcode:
- 2003MSAIS...2..146A
- Keywords:
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- Site Testing