Abstract
Stellar scintillation and stellar-image motion are shown by three types of observations to be essentially independent criteria of astronomical “seeing,” In particular, it is demonstrated that scintillation is not produced in the immediate neighborhood of the telescope whereas image motion is strongly affected by local air disturbances. It appears therefore that stellar scintillation may be a useful probe for atmospheric studies.
© 1954 Optical Society of America
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