The dancing sky: 6 years of night-sky observations at Cerro Paranal

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 481, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 575-591

  Patat, F ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric effects; Site testing; Techniques: photometric; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CORRELATION METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; SET THEORY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; SPECTRAL FEATURES;

STARS;

EID: 41549118140     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20079279     Document Type: Article

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