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Mirror, dome, and natural seeing at CFHT

Author:
Racine, Rene, Salmon, Derrick, Cowley, David, Sovka, Jerry
Title:
Mirror, dome, and natural seeing at CFHT
Periodical:
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Pacific
Year:
1991
Volume:
103
Pages:
1020-1032
Subject:
Atmospheric turbulence Mauna Kea Telescopes
Summary:
Factors affecting image quality (IQ) include telescope mirror, dome environment, and atmosphere. The authors presented the functions for evaluating the image spread FWHM due to mirror seeing, dome seeing, optical aberrations of primary mirror, and the natural atmospheric seeing.
Label:
Mauna Kea - Astronomy
URL:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991PASP..103.1020R
Date:
1991
Collection:
Periodicals