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Old 15-04-2005, 02:39 PM
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HowTo: Determine Seeing and Transparency

Hi guys.

Brendan has kindly submitted an article with some scales for seeing and transparency. Often a lot of us just make a guess as to the seeing or transparency, and some of the new folk might not even know what the difference is.

Well this article should explain it.

It's also a good idea in practise if we all endeavour to use a common scale for these, as it will also help during the Monthly Observing Challenge, being launched soon.

The Antoniadi scale for seeing is good, I just wish it was numbered the other way around, with V. being the best instead of I. Oh well

How To Determine Seeing and Transparency

A lot of people have their own method, of course this may not be for everyone, but if you currently don't have a defined way of measuring, then this may be for you.

Thanks Brendan for contributing the article.
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