Recent astronomical site survey at Hanle, Ladakh

dc.contributor.author	HIROT Team
dc.date.accessioned	2007-10-11T10:28:52Z
dc.date.available	2007-10-11T10:28:52Z
dc.date.issued	1996
dc.identifier.citation	BASI, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 859 - 869	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/1877
dc.description.abstract	The aspirations of Indian astronomers for a high altitude observatory have led to the exploration of Hanle, southeastern Ladakh as a possible site. After a discussion of the historical background, we present results of the first year of continuous site survery carried out by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. This high altitude (4500 m) cold desert merits serious consideration due to low atmospheric water vapor, good seeing, low extinction, low sky background, a good number of spectroscopic and photometric nights, and approachability	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Astronomical Society of India	en
dc.relation.uri	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996BASI...24..859H	en
dc.subject	Astronomy	en
dc.subject	Atmospheric	en
dc.subject	Hanle - Ladakh	en
dc.title	Recent astronomical site survey at Hanle, Ladakh	en
dc.type	Article	en