Astronomy from 80 Degrees North on Ellesmere Island, Canada

Site testing carried out on Ellesmere Island over recent years has shown that mountainous coastal terrain there can provide high clear-sky fractions in the long dark season, with low precipitable water-vapour column and prospects for excellent seeing. This presents new possibilities for time-domain...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Main Author: Steinbring, Eric
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921312016869
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