An estimate of the limiting resolution of astronomical objects at Mt. Maidanak
Abstract
Estimates of the optical transmission function of the atmosphere with exposures of 1 and 20 seconds are obtained at the Mt. Maidanak 1-m telescope with a Lloyd-mirror interferometer under good atmospheric conditions. The results confirm that astroclimatic conditions exist at Mt. Maidanak which make it possible to obtain a resolution of FWHM = 0.3 arcsec in the long exposure regime.
- Publication:
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Astronomicheskii Zhurnal
- Pub Date:
- December 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988AZh....65.1325B
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Effects;
- Image Resolution;
- Interferometers;
- Optical Transfer Function;
- Telescopes;
- Aberration;
- Image Contrast;
- Wave Front Reconstruction;
- Astronomy