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That 'excellent seeing' is for sites that are chosen for telescopes. Typical seeing from sea level is much worse: - https://www.ing.iac.es/astronomy/developmen
by JBorrow 2y ago
That 'excellent seeing' is for sites that are chosen for telescopes. Typical seeing from sea level is much worse:
- https://www.ing.iac.es/astronomy/development/hap/dimm.html https://www.ing.iac.es/astronomy/development/hap/dimm.html
- https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Fig-C1-Seeing-distribution-at-Paranal-from-2015-to-2020-as-measured-by-MASS-DIMM-and_fig4_381404231 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Fig-C1-Seeing-distributi...
- https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/9/2225 https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/9/2225
Around 1-2 arcseconds is 'good' seeing in your backyard. There is a good reason for telescopes to be on some of the tallest mountains on Earth.