The Impact of Seismicity on High Angular Resolution Astronomy:. the Case of the Canary Islands

Bibcode
2009otam.conf..342E
DOI
10.1142/9781848164864_0041
Eff-Darwich, A.; García-Lorenzo, B.; Bonatto, L.; Hernández-Gutiérrez, L.; Viñas, R.; Rodriguez-Losada, J. A.; Blanco, M. J.; Muñoz-Tuñón, C.
Bibliographical reference

Optical Turbulence: Astronomy Meets Meteorology, Proceedings of the Astronomy Meets Meteorology, Proceedings of the Optical Turbulence Characterization for Astronomical Applications Sardinia, Italy, 15 - 18 September 2008, edited by Elena Masciadri (Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy) & Marc Sarazin (European Southern Observatory, Germany), pp. 342-349 (2010).

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2009
Number of authors
8
IAC number of authors
4
Citations
0
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0
Description
Seismicity induces ground vertical and horizontal displacements that could affect the image quality obtained by telescopes in a similar fashion than atmospheric turbulence. In this work, we study the effect of local seismicity relative to atmospheric turbulence upon the image quality of astronomical observations at El Teide observatory and Roque de los Muchachos observatory, both in the Canary Islands, Spain. Three different aspects of seismicity are studied, namely regional volcanism and seismicity (that is compared with other astronomical sites), seismic noise and possible resonances between seismic noise and the structure of telescopes.
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Non-refereed
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