Some meteorological parameters affecting the image quality of the William Herschel Telescope on La Palma

Details Some meteorological parameters affecting the image quality of the William Herschel Telescope on La Palma Some meteorological parameters affecting the image quality of the William Herschel Telescope on La Palma

Nov 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998newar..42..471a&link_type=abstract

New Astronomy Reviews, Volume 42, Issue 6-8, p. 471-475.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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This work is part of the Half Arcsecond Programme, which aims to improve the optical performance of the biggest instrument at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (La Palma), the Anglo-Dutch 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope. Some results concerning possible relationships between the meteorology on site and the image quality at the telescope are presented. In particular, phenomena such as wind direction, wind speed, pointing direction of the telescope dome relative to the wind direction, air and soil temperatures, barometric pressure and relative humidity are investigated. The image quality is found to be particularly sensitive to the wind direction and speed. There is also a marked seasonal influence on the image quality.

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