Calibration of SQM-L photometers for the NixNox project

Twelve SQM-L night sky photometers have been tested and analyzed to determine their internal precision and differences in response. These photometers will be used by amateur astronomers around Spain, under the supervision of the Sociedad Española de Astronomía (SEA), to locate and characterize sites...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Zamorano Calvo, Jaime, Muñoz Marín, Víctor Manuel
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/48966
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/48966
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Astrofísica
Astrophysics
Óptica (Física)
Física atmosférica
2209.19 Óptica Física
2501 Ciencias de la Atmósfera
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Sumario:Twelve SQM-L night sky photometers have been tested and analyzed to determine their internal precision and differences in response. These photometers will be used by amateur astronomers around Spain, under the supervision of the Sociedad Española de Astronomía (SEA), to locate and characterize sites with dark skies well suited to perform astronomical observations (NixNox Project). A simple experimental setup has been built to obtain zero offsets for each photometer in order to correct all the observations.