The impact of the site quality of the Zadko Observatory on its scientific results

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ID

oai:arXiv.org:2410.08012

Topic

Astrophysics - Instrumentation and...

Author

Gendre, Bruce Tonello, Richard Studdert, Mitchell Coward, David Klotz, Alain Moore, Eloise Moore, John Panther, Fiona

Year

2024

listing date

10/16/2024

Keywords

site scientific observatory

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Abstract

We present the site quality of the Zadko Observatory, focusing on the brightness of the sky and the effects of the weather on the efficiency of the Observatory.

We discuss these effects and their consequences for the scientific goals of the Observatory.

Without surprise, the overall sky quality had decreased during the last decade.

However, this decrease is mostly due to the weather pattern at the Observatory rather than the light pollution.

We put an emphasis on how important the preservation of the sky darkness is for small observatories, in order to stabilize the global degradation of the site quality, as this directly impacts the scientific return of the observations.

;Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures; accepted for publication into the Proceedings of the AstroRob2023 Workshop

Gendre, Bruce,Tonello, Richard,Studdert, Mitchell,Coward, David,Klotz, Alain,Moore, Eloise,Moore, John,Panther, Fiona, 2024, The impact of the site quality of the Zadko Observatory on its scientific results