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Stellar Photometry with an Automated Measuring Machine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Gerard Gilmore
Gerard Gilmore*
Affiliation:
Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ Mount Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories, Carnegie Institute of Washington

Abstract

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The combination of wide field high quality telescopes, fine grain emulsions and fast automated measuring machines offers an unrivalled opportunity for progress in statistical astronomy. This review illustrates, with examples, the many steps which are necessary to realise this potential.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 78: Astronomy with Schmidt-type telescopes , 1984 , pp. 77 - 87
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1984

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