Jean-Charles Cuillandre
(Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope)
19/04/2012, 16:00
Earth's atmospheric effects
Paper
Mauna Kea is known for its pristine seeing conditions, but sky transparency
can be an issue for science operations since some 25% of the observable
nights are not photometric, mostly due to high-altitude cirrus. Since 2001,
the original single-channel SkyProbe on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
has gathered one V-band exposure every minute during each observing night
using a small...