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The dancing sky: 6 years of night-sky observations at Cerro Paranal
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Aims. This work provides the results of the first six years of operation by the systematic night-sky monitoring at ESO-Paranal (Chile).
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Metadata
- Authors
- Patat, F.
- Affiliations
- European Southern Observatory (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Patat, F.
- ORCID
- Patat, F.
- Venue
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Publisher
- EDP Sciences
- Published
- 2008-02-07
- Volume
- 481
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 575-591
- ISSN
- 0004-6361 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-0746
- OpenAlex
- W2166197958
- Cited by
- 97
- References
- 35
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- FWCI
- 2.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Astronomy and Astrophysics (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Instrumentation › Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
- Keywords
- sky brightness, light pollution, Cerro Paranal, astronomical site characterization, seeing
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