Seeing monitor on South U Physics Bldg
A short correction to my post on Astronomy Day - I incorrectly had the impression that the atmospheric turbulence measuring box on the top of the University of Utah South Physics building was something that the Physics Department cobbled together. In surfing the web, it turns out that the box is an off the shelf commercial product made by SBIG - an SBIG seeing monitor: http://www.sbig.com/products/seeingmonitor.htm The seeing monitor houses an SBIG ST-402ME camera in a weatherproof box. To my knowlege, there is no formal characterization of the seeing over Salt Lake City. Might be a thought to ask the U Physics Department for a data file when they are done testing the box and before they move the seeing monitor to the field in central Utah. - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net
Do you think that the U data set could be useful for a broad characterization of the valley-at-large? I have lived in various parts of the SL valley over the decades, and found the seeing highly variable at every location, with only gross seasonal trends being noted (excluding strictly diurnal variations), in lieu of actual monitored data collected over a long period. How much are those monitors? One at SPOC might provide interesting data. On 4/25/07, Kurt Fisher <fisherka@csolutions.net> wrote:
To my knowlege, there is no formal characterization of the seeing over Salt Lake City. Might be a thought to ask the U Physics Department for a data file when they are done testing the box and before they move the seeing monitor to the field in central Utah.
Is the data from the SBig device different from that being reported by the Clear Sky Clock? http://cleardarksky.com/c/SaltLakeUTkey.html Rich Allen Chuck Hards wrote:
Do you think that the U data set could be useful for a broad characterization of the valley-at-large? I have lived in various parts of the SL valley over the decades, and found the seeing highly variable at every location, with only gross seasonal trends being noted (excluding strictly diurnal variations), in lieu of actual monitored data collected over a long period.
How much are those monitors? One at SPOC might provide interesting data.
On 4/25/07, Kurt Fisher <fisherka@csolutions.net> wrote:
To my knowlege, there is no formal characterization of the seeing over Salt Lake City. Might be a thought to ask the U Physics Department for a data file when they are done testing the box and before they move the seeing monitor to the field in central Utah.
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