• Title of article

    Antarctic site testing: First daytime seeing monitoring at Dome C

  • Author/Authors

    Martin، F. نويسنده , , Aristidi، E. نويسنده , , Agabi، A. نويسنده , , Vernin، J. نويسنده , , Azouit، M. نويسنده , , Ziad، A. نويسنده , , Fossat، E. نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    -18
  • From page
    19
  • To page
    0
  • 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 value of 1.20 arcsec as been obtained, with extended periods better than 1 arcsec and 12 percent of the time better than 0.75 arcsec.
  • Keywords
    site testing
  • Journal title
    Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Record number

    76709