Citation
Abstract
One of the best locations in the continental United States for astronomical telescopes is southern Arizona. The mountains surrounding Tucson have clear skies 80 percent of the year, with image quality generally better than 2” on peaks. Two of the existing observatory sites in this area are being considered as locations for one of the three Atmospheric Visibility Monitoring (AVM) observatories. These sites are Mount Lemmon and Mount Hopkins. A comparison of the characteristics of each of the sites is made here to identify the more desirable of the two locations. It is recommended that Mount Lemmon be selected as the Arizona site for this project.
Details
- Volume
- 42-102
- Published
- August 15, 1990
- Pages
- 57–61
- File Size
- 216.8 KB