Mitzpe Ramon is a small town of 6000 inhabitants. The town management cooperates with the observatory in controlling and shielding street lights and outside illumination to minimize the additional light background, but with continued development of the region, the light pollution has increased.
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The number of clear nights (zero cloudiness) is about 170 a year. The number of useful nights is about 240. The best season, when practically no clouds are observed, is June to August, while the highest chance for clouds are in the period January to April. Winds are usually moderate mainly from North-East and North. Storm wind velocities (greater than 40 km/h) occur, but rarely. The wind speed tends to decrease during the night. Temperature gradients are small and fairly moderate. The average relative humidity is quite high with a tendency to decline during the night from April to August.
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The average seeing is
about 2-3 seconds of arc. A few good nights have seeing of 1" or
less while some show seeing larger than 5".
| kV =0.24 | kU-B=0.22 | kB-V=0.14 | kV-R=0.05 | kR-I=0.07 |
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For more see: Observing Conditions at the Wise Observatory, by Dr. Noah Brosch
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SUNSET - 09/Aug/2002 |
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SNOW - 31/Jan/2008 |
