Dust Measurements at Sacramento Peak

J. R. Varsik, W. Siegmund, D. Berger

Airborne particulate matter (dust) is a major contaminant of telescope optics. In support of an initiative to study a large reflecting coronagraph, a project to monitor airborne dust and its deposition on mirror surfaces is underway.


Recent results of the airborne dust experiment.

Recent results of the surface dust experiment.

Draft of a paper describing the first results of the dust experiments.

Postscript version of the paper WITH figures.


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Last updated January 8, 2003.