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Recalibration of Mount Wilson Doppler measurements

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A new calibration of the spectrograph at the Mount Wilson 150-foot Tower Telescope demonstrates that all reported solar Doppler rates to date measured at λ5250.2 with this instrument are too high by a factor of 0.55%.

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  1. Mount Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, U.S.A.

    H. B. Snodgrass, R. Howard & L. Webster

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Snodgrass, H.B., Howard, R. & Webster, L. Recalibration of Mount Wilson Doppler measurements. Sol Phys 90, 199–202 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00153796

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