Horizontal Heavens Observatory "...From A Galaxy Far, Far Away" Clear Sky Clock
This page was last updated on 12/30/09.
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Seeing in arc-sec.
Rating
Description
V < 0.4"
Excellent 5/5
Perfect motionless diffraction pattern.
IV ~ 0.4-0.9"
Good 4/5
Light undulations across diffraction rings.
III ~ 1.0-2.0"
Average 3/5
Central disc deformations. Broken diffraction rings.
II ~ 3.0-4."
Poor 2/5
Important eddy streams in the central disc. Missing or partly missing diffraction rings.
I > 4"
Bad 1/5
Boiling image without any sign of diffraction pattern.