Automated Shack-Hartmann seeing measurements at the South Pole
1
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
2
Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australian National University, ACT, 2611, Australia
3
University of Chicago, Yerkes Observatory, 373 W. Geneva Street, Williams Bay, WI 53191, USA
Corresponding author: T. Travouillon, tonyt@phys.unsw.edu.au
Received:
2
June
2003
Accepted:
30
July
2003
The statistics and dynamics of the atmospheric seeing at the South Pole have been studied over a period of 101 days in
winter. These measurements have been made with the first fully
autonomous differential image motion monitor, the A-DIMM. The analysis shows
an average seeing of 
with a standard
deviation of 
. The extensive set of data has allowed the study of the seeing time variations,
showing that the seeing varies by a factor of two within a characteristic time of 2 hours.
Key words: site testing / turbulence
© ESO, 2003