San Pedro Mártir: Astronomical site evaluation
Por:
Cruz-González I., Avila R., Tapia M., Angeles F., Carrasco E., Conan R., Costero R., Cruz D.X., Cuevas S., Echevarría J., Garfias F., González S.I., Gutiérrez L., Harris O., Hiriart D., Ibañez F., Martínez L.A., Masciadri E., Michel R., Orlov V.G., Parrao L., Sánchez B., Sánchez L.J., Sarazin M., Schuster W.J., VOYTSEKHOVICH, VALERY, Agabi A., Azouit M., Borgnino J., Martin F., Vernin J., Ziad A.
Publicada:
1 ene 2004
Resumen:
The Observatorio Astronómico Nacional at San Pedro Mártir is situated on the summit of the San Pedro Mártir Sierra in the Baja California peninsula of Mexico, at 2800 m above sea level. For as long as three decades, a number of groups and individuals have gathered extremely valuable data leading to the site characterization for astronomical observations. Here we present a summary of the most important results obtained so far. The aspects covered are: weather, cloud coverage, local meteorology, atmospheric optical extinction, millimetric opacity, geotechnical studies, seeing, optical turbulence profiles, wind profiles and 3D simulations of atmospheric turbulence. The results place San Pedro Mártir among the most favor able sites in the world for astronomical observations. It seems to be particularly well-suited for extremely large telescopes because of the excellent turbulence and local wind conditions, to mention but two characteristics. Long-term monitoring of some parameters still have to be undertaken. The National University of Mexico (UNAM) and other international institutions are putting a considerable effort in that sense.
Filiaciones:
Cruz-González I.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México D.F., México
Instituto de Astronamia, UNAM, Mexico
Apartado Postal 70-264, Mexico D.F. 04510, Mexico
Avila R.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México D.F., México
Ctro. Radioastronomia y Astrofis., UNAM, Morelia, Mexico
Instituto de Astronamia, UNAM, Mexico
Apartado Postal 70-264, Mexico D.F. 04510, Mexico
Tapia M.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Instituto de Astronamia, UNAM, Mexico
Apartado Postal 70-264, Mexico D.F. 04510, Mexico
Angeles F.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México D.F., México
Carrasco E.:
Inst. Nac. Astrofis., Opt./Electron., Tonantzintla, Puebla, Mexico
Conan R.:
Lab. d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Costero R.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México D.F., México
Cruz D.X.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México D.F., México
Cuevas S.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México D.F., México
Echevarría J.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México D.F., México
Garfias F.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México D.F., México
González S.I.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México D.F., México
Gutiérrez L.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Harris O.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Hiriart D.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Ibañez F.:
Ctro. Radioastronomia y Astrofis., UNAM, Morelia, Mexico
Martínez L.A.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México D.F., México
Masciadri E.:
Max-Plank Inst. für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
Michel R.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Orlov V.G.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México D.F., México
Parrao L.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México D.F., México
Sánchez B.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México D.F., México
Sánchez L.J.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México D.F., México
Sarazin M.:
European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany
Schuster W.J.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Agabi A.:
Dept. d'Astrophisique Nice-Sophie A., Nice, France
Azouit M.:
Dept. d'Astrophisique Nice-Sophie A., Nice, France
Borgnino J.:
Lab. Univ. d'Astrophysique de Nice, Nice, France
Martin F.:
Lab. Univ. d'Astrophysique de Nice, Nice, France
Vernin J.:
Dept. d'Astrophisique Nice-Sophie A., Nice, France
Ziad A.:
Lab. Univ. d'Astrophysique de Nice, Nice, France
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