Automated Shack-Hartmann seeing measurements at the South Pole

T. Travouillon; M. C.B. Ashley; M. G. Burton; J. W.V. Storey; P. Conroy; G. Hovey; M. Jarnyk; R. Sutherland; R. F. Loewenstein

doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20031170

Automated Shack-Hartmann seeing measurements at the South Pole

T. Travouillon^*, M. C.B. Ashley, M. G. Burton, J. W.V. Storey, P. Conroy, G. Hovey, M. Jarnyk, R. Sutherland, R. F. Loewenstein

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Abstract

The statistics and dynamics of the atmospheric seeing at the South Pole have been studied over a period of 101 days in winter. These measurements have been made with the first fully autonomous differential image motion monitor, the A-DIMM. The analysis shows an average seeing of 1.9″ with a standard deviation of 0.6″. The extensive set of data has allowed the study of the seeing time variations, showing that the seeing varies by a factor of two within a characteristic time of 2 hours.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1169-1173
Number of pages	5
Journal	Astronomy and Astrophysics
Volume	409
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031170
Publication status	Published - Oct 2003

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