Giant Magellan Telescope site testing seeing and turbulence statistics
2010
Cerro Las Campanas located at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile has been selected as the site for the Giant Magellan
Telescope. We report results obtained since the commencement, in 2005, of a systematic site testing survey of potential
GMT sites at LCO. Seeing data have been obtained at three potential sites, and are compared with identical data taken at
the site of the twin Magellan 6.5m telescopes. In addition, measurements of the turbulence profile of the free-atmosphere
have been collected. Co. Las Camapanas and the Magellan site are nearly identical in their seeing statistics, and
apparently their average ground-layer characteristics.
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