Site testing for the advanced technology solar telescope
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
10-6-2006
Abstract
The Advanced Solar Technology Telescope (ATST) is a 4-m solar telescope being designed for high spatial, spectral and temporal resolution, as well as IR and low-scattered light observations. The overall limit of performance of the telescope is strongly influenced by the qualities of the site at which it is located. Six sites were tested with a seeing monitor and a sky brightness instrument for 1.5 to 2 years. The sites were Big Bear (California), Haleakala (Hawaii), La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain), Panguitch Lake (Utah), Sacramento Peak (New Mexico), and San Pedro Martir (Baja California, Mexico). In this paper we will describe the methods and results of the site survey, which chose Haleakala as the location of the ATST.
Identifier
33749263491 (Scopus)
ISBN
[0819463329, 9780819463326]
Publication Title
Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering
External Full Text Location
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.673677
ISSN
0277786X
Volume
6267 I
Recommended Citation
Hill, F.; Beckers, J.; Brandt, P.; Briggs, J.; Brown, T.; Brown, W.; Collados, M.; Denker, C.; Fletcher, S.; Hegwer, S.; Horst, T.; Komsa, M.; Kuhn, J.; Lecinski, A.; Lin, H.; Oncley, S.; Penn, M.; Radick, R.; Rimmele, T.; Socas-Navarro, H.; and Streander, K., "Site testing for the advanced technology solar telescope" (2006). Faculty Publications. 18781.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/fac_pubs/18781
