Duty Cycle of Doppler Ground-based Asteroseismic Observations
Abstract
We report the observations of the clear-sky fraction at the Concordia station during winter 2006 and derive from it the duty cycle for the astronomical observations. The duty cycle and observation duration at Dome C allow for efficient asteroseismic observations. This performance is analyzed and compared to network observations. For network observations, simulations were run using the helioseismic Global Oscillation Network Group as a reference. Observations with one site in Antarctica provide performance similar to or better than that with a six-site network, since the duty cycle limited by meteorology is as high as 92%. On bright targets, a 100 day long time series with a duty cycle of about 87% can be observed, which is not possible for a network observation.
Based on observations made by E. Aristidi during the 2006 second overwinter at the French-Italian Concordia Station, Dome C, Antarctica.- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Pub Date:
- January 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1086/511336
- Bibcode:
- 2007PASP..119..127M
- Keywords:
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- Instrumentation: Interferometers;
- Instrumentation: Spectrographs;
- Site Testing;
- stars: oscillations (including pulsations);
- Techniques: Radial Velocities