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How is the DIMM seeing measured? Do you store the FWHM measured on the image itself?

The DIMM seeing is defined as the Full Width Half Maximum of a stellar image observed with a perfect large telescope, at 500nm wavelength and at zenith. It is measured over periods of a few minutes all night long. See the ESO Astroclimatology Overview web pages for more information.

ESO does not routinely extract and store a FWHM measured directly on image pixels.

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How is the DIMM seeing measured? Do you store the FWHM measured on the image itself?

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for Astronomical
Research in the
Southern Hemisphere