Seeing at Mauna Kea - A joint UH-UN-NOAO-CFHT study

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Jul 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990spie.1236..485r&link_type=abstract

IN: Advanced technology optical telescopes IV; Proceedings of the Meeting, Tucson, AZ, Feb. 12-16, 1990. Part 1 (A91-23201 08-89

Physics

Optics

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Atmospheric Optics, Atmospheric Turbulence, Imaging Techniques, Seeing (Astronomy), Astronomical Observatories, Telescopes

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Two short-term campaigns are described in which several instruments were simultaneously used to obtain quantitative estimates of the various contributions to image degradation at the Mauna Kea observatory. The various contributions include the free atmosphere, boundary layer turbulence, dome and mirror seeing effects, and telescope optics. A secondary goal of the study was to investigate the relationship between seeing and meteorological conditions on Mauna Kea, which may lead to seeing forecasting. The first campaign was held from November 1 to 13, 1987; the second was held from June 9 to 19, 1989. The campaigns were a cooperative effort involving five institutions: the Institute of Astronomy and the Department of Meteorology both at the University of Hawaii (UH), the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO) in Tucson, the Canada-france-Hawaii Corporation (CFHT), and the Department of Astrophysics at the University of Nice (UN), France. The general approach, instruments used, and some of the results already obtained are described.

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