Articles | Volume 18, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-2847-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-2847-2025
Research article
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04 Jul 2025
Research article |  | 04 Jul 2025

Star photometry with all-sky cameras to retrieve aerosol optical depth at nighttime

Roberto Román, Daniel González-Fernández, Juan Carlos Antuña-Sánchez, Celia Herrero del Barrio, Sara Herrero-Anta, África Barreto, Victoria E. Cachorro, Lionel Doppler, Ramiro González, Christoph Ritter, David Mateos, Natalia Kouremeti, Gustavo Copes, Abel Calle, María José Granados-Muñoz, Carlos Toledano, and Ángel M. de Frutos

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-667', Liviu Ivanescu, 22 Mar 2025
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1 Liviu Ivanescu', Roberto Román, 08 Apr 2025
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-667', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Mar 2025
    • AC3: 'Reply on RC2', Roberto Román, 08 Apr 2025
  • RC3: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-667', Anonymous Referee #3, 01 Apr 2025
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC3', Roberto Román, 08 Apr 2025

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Roberto Román on behalf of the Authors (08 Apr 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (08 Apr 2025) by Anca Nemuc
AR by Roberto Román on behalf of the Authors (08 Apr 2025)
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Short summary
This paper presents a novel technique to extract starlight signals from all-sky images and retrieve aerosol optical depth (AOD). It is validated against lunar photometry, showing a strong correlation between data series. This innovative approach will expand nocturnal AOD measurements to more locations, as all-sky cameras are a simpler and more cost-effective alternative to stellar and lunar photometers.
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