The Optical/Infrared Astronomical Quality of High Atacama Sites. I. Preliminary Results of Optical Seeing
@article{Giovanelli2001TheOA, title={The Optical/Infrared Astronomical Quality of High Atacama Sites. I. Preliminary Results of Optical Seeing}, author={Riccardo Giovanelli and Jeremy Darling and Marc Sarazin and Jennifer Yu and Paul M. Harvey and C. P. Henderson and William F. Hoffman and Luke D. Keller and Donald James Barry and James M. Cordes and Stephen S. Eikenberry and George E. Gull and Joseph Harrington and J. D. T. Smith and Gordon J. Stacey and Mark G. Swain}, journal={Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific}, year={2001}, volume={113}, pages={789 - 802} }
The region surrounding the Llano de Chajnantor, a high‐altitude plateau in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, has caught the attention of the astronomical community for its potential as an observatory site. Combining high elevation and extremely low atmospheric water content, the Llano has been chosen as the future site of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array. We have initiated a campaign to investigate the astronomical potential of the region in the optical/infrared. Here we report on an…
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