Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-01-24
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
in Proc. IAU Symposium 196 on "Preserving the Astronomical Sky", held in Vienna (Austria), 12-16 July 1999, in conjunction wit
Scientific paper
The archives of meteorological satellites permit to find around the world dry sites well adapted to astronomical observations (in the visible, IR, and millimetric ranges), as a pre-selection of sites. The GSM (Grating Scale Monitor) technique permits to qualify some of them as astronomical sites for a future setting-up of astronomical observatories. Such sites are found in new astronomical countries or in Developing Countries. At the same time, their preventive protection from light pollution and/or radio interference has to be viewed. In practice, once the pre-selection is made, the government of these countries ought to be alerted for example by IAU and/or UN Office for Outer Space Affairs. The local site testing through GSM should be carried out in cooperation with astronomers or scientists of these countries under the umbrella of IAU. This should be an approach to help to introduce astronomy and astrophysics in Developing Countries.
Querci F. R.
Querci Monique
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