Abstract

The deleterious effects of atmospheric inhomogeneities on telescope angular resolution (seeing effects) were studied at a wavelength of 10 μm with an imaging upconverter. Seeing was found to be systematically better by a factor of 1.9 at 10 μm than in the visible, in good agreement with theoretical predictions. A discussion of the theory of astronomical seeing is included.

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Experimental verification of the inertial model of atmospheric turbulence from solar limb motion

J. Borgnino and J. Vernin
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 68(8) 1056-1062 (1978)

Measurements of atmospheric isoplanatism using speckle interferometry*

P. Nisenson and R. V. Stachnik
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 68(2) 169-175 (1978)

Passive imaging through the turbulent atmosphere: Fundamental limits on the spatial frequency resolution of a rotational shearing interferometer

James J. Burke and James B. Breckinridge
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 68(1) 67-77 (1978)

Changes in the atmospheric-lens modulation transfer function used for calibration in solar speckle interferometry

C. Aime, G. Ricort, C. Roddier, and G. Lago
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 68(8) 1063-1066 (1978)

Speckle interferometry at finite spectral bandwidths and exposure times

Douglas P. Karo and Arthur M. Schneiderman
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 68(4) 480-485 (1978)