First Day Time Seeing Monitoring at Dome C

Creators: Aristidi, E.; Agabi, A.; Vernin, J.; Azouit, M.; Martin, F.; Ziad, A.; Fossat, E.

Other:: Laboratoire Hippolyte Fizeau (FIZEAU) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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The first astronomical seeing monitoring has been made with a DIMM instrument at the Antarctic plateau site of Dome C in December, 2002 on the bright star Canopus (α Eri) during the daytime. In these far from optimal conditions, a median seeing value of 1.20 arcsec as been obtained, with extended periods better than 1 arcsec and 12 percent of the time better than 0.75 arcsec.

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Astron. and Astroph., 406, pp. 419-422 (2003). http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030836

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