The Meteorological Stations of the 1.5 and 0.84 m Telescopes of the OAN: Description and Results

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Oct 2001

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Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica, Vol. 37, pp. 165-171 (2001)

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Meteorological stations for the 1.5 and 0.84 m telescopes at the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional at San Pedro Mártir (OAN) are described. The stations include devices for measuring temperature, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity and wind conditions. All the meteorological variables are monitored continuously and mean values are determined every 5 minutes and written on the hard disk of the control computer. This information is continuously refreshed in an HTML page that can be accessed from the OAN home page. In this paper we present the results of measurements taken over 2 years. We find that both primary mirrors are substantially warmer than the surrounding air during the night (up to ~ 5oC). This thermal gradient degrades image quality. For the primary mirror of the 1.5 m telescope this effect can be corrected with a temperature control system. For the 0.84 m telescope, where the primary mirror is located in a closed structure, ventilators moving air from the dome into the closed tube may suffice. During the night the air is colder within both domes than outside, and we conclude that no dome ventilation is necessary in these telescopes.

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