CTA site characterization: a contribution on Sky Background Brightness

DE LA VEGA, GONZALO; GARCIA, B; MAYA, JAVIER; MANCILLA, ALEXIS; ROSEMBLAT, EZEQUIEL

Beijing

Jornada; IAU GA - SpS17, Light Pollution: Protecting Astronomical Sites and Increas- ing Global Awareness through Education; 2012

International Astronomical Union

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is an international project for which more than 1000 scientists from 27 countries work together to install two observatories, one in the Southern hemisphere and the other in the north, to study gamma-ray radiation. Argentina is a candidate site for one of the observatories, and to characterize proposed sites, one must study the skybackground brightness. This critical point must be studied with care. Nearest cities can be a decisive factor in determining where to locate an observatory in our times.