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Astrometry with Schmidt Telescopes for Probing the Galaxy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
The use of proper motions and parallaxes for large numbers of stars, obtainable from a combination of Schmidt telescopes and automatic plate scanners, is discussed. The importance of deriving the zero points of both absolute proper motion, and of parallactic motion, is emphasised. Calibrations of proper motion and of parallaxes should be based on dispersions of proper motion. These methods are illustrated by results from a study in the South Galactic Cap.
- Type
- VIII. Schmidt Astrometry
- Information
- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 148: The Future Utilisation of Schmidt Telescopes , 1995 , pp. 234 - 240
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- Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1995
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