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Casiana Muñoz-Tuñón |
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Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. Tenerife. Spain |
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Miguel Sosa |
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INERZA, S.A. Gran Canaria. Spain |
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Luis F. Rodríguez |
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Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. Tenerife. Spain |
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| Session | | 1 (Instrumentation and observations to quantify the magnitude and distribution of atmospheric optical turbulence.) |
| Title | | 'DIMMA: the First Unmanned Differential Image Motion Monitor.' |
| Abstract | | (Submitted as poster)
Both astronomical site selection and design for the next future large telescopes, plus the need to define flexible schedule programmes as operational schemes for the telescopes at the observatory require systematic measurements of the night-seeing and meteorology. The first completely unmanned Differential Image Motion Monitor Automático (DIMMA) has been developed by the Sky Quality Group of the IAC and installed at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (La Palma) in summer 2006. DIMMA operation does not require man power, it is powered by solar panels and linked via internet to the rest of the world, allowing the obtaining and supervision of meteorological and seeing data from remote sites.
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