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differential image motion monitor (DIMM) pahregar-e jonbeš-e degarsâneyi-ye vine, ~ ~ ~ tasvir Fr.: moniteur de mouvements d'images différentiels,
moniteur seeing A device that is commonly used to measure the → seeing at optical astronomical sites. The DIMM delivers an estimate of the → Fried parameter based on measuring the variance of the differential image motion in two small apertures, usually cut out in a single larger telescope pupil by a mask. The DIMM concept was introduced by Stock & Keller (1960, in Stars and Stellar Systems, Vol. 1, ed. G. P. Kuiper & B. M. Middlehurst, p. 138), whereas its modern implementation was first described by Sarazin & Roddier (1990, A&A 227, 294). → differential; → image; → motion; → monitor. |
