Site testing in summer at Dome C, Antarctica

被引:67
作者
Aristidi, E
Agabi, A
Fossat, E
Azouit, M
Martin, F
Sadibekova, T
Travouillon, T
Vernin, J
Ziad, A
机构
[1] Univ Nice, Astrophys Lab, F-06108 Nice, France
[2] Univ New S Wales, Sch Phys, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
来源
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | 2005年 / 444卷 / 02期
关键词
site testing;
D O I
10.1051/0004-6361:20053529
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present summer site testing results based on DIMM data obtained at Dome C, Antarctica. These data were collected on the bright star Canopus during two 3-months summer campaigns in 2003-2004 and 2004-2005. We performed continuous monitoring of the seeing and the isoplanatic angle in the visible. We found a median seeing of 0.54" and a median isoplanatic angle of 6.8". The seeing appears to have a deep minimum around 0.4" almost every day in late afternoon.
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页码:651 / 659
页数:9
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