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Re: [ATM] Stone observatory folly

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Subject: Re: [ATM] Stone observatory folly
From: Mark Holm <mdholm@telerama.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:16:20 -0500
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I don't know about your horizon, but I have read, in more than one 
place, that a significant fraction of bad atmospheric seeing actually 
occurs within 2 - 3 meters of the ground.  If this is true at your site, 
even one story worth of elevation could pay off in steadier images.

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Mark Holm
mdholm@telerama.com


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