An Automated DIMM Telescope for Antarctica
Abstract A knowledge of the on-ice seeing is a key requirement for planning future Antarctic observatories. In this paper we discuss the likely negative impact on seeing produced by the development of the deep winter surface temperature inversion (Ekman layer). The Automated Astronomical Site Testin...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s1323358000020506 2023-05-15T14:09:20+02:00 An Automated DIMM Telescope for Antarctica Dopita, Michael A. Wood, Peter R. Hovey, Gary R. 1996 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1323358000020506 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1323358000020506 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia volume 13, issue 1, page 39-43 ISSN 1323-3580 1448-6083 Space and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics journal-article 1996 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s1323358000020506 2022-04-07T08:10:04Z Abstract A knowledge of the on-ice seeing is a key requirement for planning future Antarctic observatories. In this paper we discuss the likely negative impact on seeing produced by the development of the deep winter surface temperature inversion (Ekman layer). The Automated Astronomical Site Testing Observatory (AASTO) will deploy, as one of its complement of site-testing instruments, an automated differential image motion monitor (DIMM) telescope designed to generate seeing data throughout the Antarctic winter. Here we describe the multi-aperture concept which has been developed for this mission, and touch upon some of the critical technological considerations associated with the low power budget and with the requirement of autonomous operation at very low temperature (–90°C). Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) Antarctic The Antarctic Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 13 1 39 43 |
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Abstract A knowledge of the on-ice seeing is a key requirement for planning future Antarctic observatories. In this paper we discuss the likely negative impact on seeing produced by the development of the deep winter surface temperature inversion (Ekman layer). The Automated Astronomical Site Testing Observatory (AASTO) will deploy, as one of its complement of site-testing instruments, an automated differential image motion monitor (DIMM) telescope designed to generate seeing data throughout the Antarctic winter. Here we describe the multi-aperture concept which has been developed for this mission, and touch upon some of the critical technological considerations associated with the low power budget and with the requirement of autonomous operation at very low temperature (–90°C). |
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An Automated DIMM Telescope for Antarctica |
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An Automated DIMM Telescope for Antarctica |
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An Automated DIMM Telescope for Antarctica |
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An Automated DIMM Telescope for Antarctica |
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