Astrophysical: Atmospheric effects

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    Restoring the night sky darkness at Observatorio del Teide: First application of the model Illumina version 2
    The propagation of artificial light into real environments is complex. To perform its numerical modelling with accuracy, one must consider hyperspectral...
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    Results of site testing using an aerosol, backscatter lidar at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
    Because of the high quality of its sky, the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM), located on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, is home to many...
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    Site testing at San Pedro Mártir
    The Observatorio Astronómico Nacional at San Pedro Mártir is located at 31°02'40''N and 115°28'00''W on the summit of the Sierra San Pedro Mártir on the Baja...
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    Solar polarimetry in the K I D2 line : A novel possibility for a stratospheric balloon
    Of the two solar lines, K I D1 and D2, almost all attention so far has been devoted to the D1 line, as D2 is severely affected by an O2 atmospheric band. This...
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    Solar Site Survey for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope. I. Analysis of the Seeing Data
    The site survey for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope concluded recently after more than 2 years of data gathering and analysis. Six locations, including...
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    Statistical structure of the atmospheric optical turbulence at Teide Observatory from recalibrated generalized SCIDAR data
    The characterization of the optical turbulence structure at an astronomical site requires a proper data base of the refractive-index structure constant, ?. Our...
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    Stray-light measurements at the Observatorio del Teide
    A new procedure to separate the instrumental and atmospheric components of stray light is presented. It is based on the dependence of the aureole's atmospheric...
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    Telescope and instrument robotization at Dome C
    This article reviews the situation for robotization of telescopes and instruments at the Antarctic station Concordia on Dome C. A brain-storming meeting was...
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    The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Telluric absorption corrected high S/N optical and near-infrared template spectra of 382 M dwarf stars
    Light from celestial objects interacts with the molecules of the Earth's atmosphere, resulting in the production of telluric absorption lines in ground-based...