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... October 6, 15:00 15:40 . ... PDF [2.3б MB] October 6, 15:40 16:30 . Warren Skidmore (TMT), Reed Riddle (TMT), Angel Otarola (TMT), Sebastian Els (TMT), Tony Travouillon (TMT), Matthias Schoeck (TMT), R. Dahl (ISIS), D. Naylor (ISIS), R. Querel (ISIS) . The results of the characterization of precipitable water vapor (PWV) in the atmospheric column carried out in the context of identifying potential sites for the deployment of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) are presented. ...
. General Information . Media Files . Participants . Timetable . Local Information . Photos . October 9, 10:00 10:40 . Nicolai Shatsky (SAI) . PDF [5.6б MB] October 9, 10:40 12:00 . October 9, 12:00 12:30 . Marc Sarazin (ESO) . PDF [326.1б KB] .
... October 8, 15:00 15:40 . ... PDF [7.2б MB] October 8, 15:40 16:10 . ... The sky brightness, atmospheric extinction, cloud coverage and auroral appearance are obtained from these images. ... Aurorae are identified by comparing the observed sky brightness to the sky brightness expected from this model. ... The identification of few potential sites for future's larger facility require several instruments, measuring various site characterizing parameters. ...
... Liyong Liu (NAOC) . Site testing on seeing conditions of the astronomical observatories over China are briefly reviewed, including Xionglong station of NAOC, Gaomeigu station of Yunnan Observatory, Delingha station of Purple Mountain Observatory. ... PDF [3.0€аMB] October 8, 09:55 10:20 . ... In this paper, we will review the site survey activities in the past years, and present the site-testing results on the Oma site, including cloud cover, seeing, water vapor, transparency and sky brightness. ...
... October 6, 09:00 09:40 . Jorge Melnick (ESO) . ... We present a statistical and temporal analysis of the ground meteorological properties recorded at the five selected sites for hosting the European Extremely Large Telescope (EELT). ... Marc Sarazin (ESO) . The organization and development of the E-ELT site testing campaign by ESO are described. ... The E-ELT Site Testing activities in northern Chile and Argentina are reviewed, and pioneering explorative campaigns are illustrated. ...
. General Information . Media Files . Participants . Timetable . Local Information . Photos . October 5, 15:00 15:30 . Victor Kornilov (SAI) . PDF [2.4б MB] October 5, 15:30 16:10 . Florian Kerber (ESO) . PDF [2.0б MB] October 5, 16:10 16:35 . Boris Safonov (SAI) . PDF [704.7б KB] October 5, 16:35 17:05 . October 5, 17:05 17:45 . Pavel Kovadlo (ISZF), Olga Kochetkova (ISZF) . PDF [4.0б MB] October 5, 18:20 19:00 .
... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...
... Media Files . ... There are media files (ppt, pdf of presentations shared by authors) on this page. ... Alexander Gusev (SAI), Boris Artamonov (SAI) . ... Maidanak Observatory by AZT-22 1.5m telescope observations (poster) . PDF [2.3€аMB] . ... PDF [692.6€аKB] . ... PDF [704.7€аKB] . ... Some results after 10 years of site testing at Concordia . ... Giant Magellan telescope site testing summary (poster) . ... Peter Scheglov - pioneer of site testing in the Central Asia (poster) . ...
General Information . ... The conference is organized by the Sternberg Astronomical Institute (SAI) of Moscow University and the IAU Working group "Site-testing Instruments" . ... Use of site data in telescope operation and adaptive optics. ... Recent conferences on this subject (2007, 2008) demonstrated great interest of the community, hence the need for a new meeting. ... Unlike previous recent conferences, this meeting will cover all aspects of site monitoring for optical/IR astronomy. ...
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