Stellar scintillation on large and extremely large telescopes
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21653.x