GROUND BASED NETWORK
SQM-Schiapparelli
The Astronomical Observatory “G.V. Schiapparelli” in Campo dei Fiori, founded by Salvatore Furia, installed an SQM device between Dicember 2016 and January 2017. Since then, it has been publishing nightly measurement plots on its website.
TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
Sky-Quality Meter
N° OF STATIONS
1
LOCATION
Varese, Italy
COORDINATES
45.86843 °N, 8.77042 °E, 1200 m
MEASUREMENT POINT
Astronomical observatory, natural park
STATUS
Operational
DATA AVAILABILITY
Only plot from current day freely available
TIME RANGE
Since August 2017
FREQUENCY OF MEASUREMENT
One per minute
DATA PUBLISHING FREQUENCY
Daily
DATA PUBLISHING DELAY
None
MORE INFORMATION
CALIBRATED DATA
Yes
MEASUREMENT UNIT
mag/arcsec²
WAVELENGTH RANGE
350 – 700 nm
FIELD-OF-VIEW
± 20 deg
POINTING DIRECTION
Zenith
DATA DOWNLOAD
No
DATA FORMAT
n/a
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