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Mass seeing measurements from Dome C

Ashley, M. C. B. et al., 2005, EAS Publications Series, 14, 19 | View on ADS (2005EAS....14...19A) | Access via DOI

Abstract

The astronomical seeing from the Antarctic high plateau site Dome C has been a matter of speculation for over a decade. During 2004 we made the first wintertime measurements of the seeing using a Multi Aperture Scintillation Sensor (MASS), a device that is well-suited for automated unattended operation. The mean seeing was found to be 0.27arcsec, and the seeing is better than 0.15arcsec for 25% of the time. These extraordinarily low levels of turbulence make Dome C a superb site for future optical and infrared telescopes.