CCD Astrometry

Stone, R. C.; Dahn, C. C.

doi:10.1007/978-94-011-0069-4_1

CCD Astrometry

R. C. Stone³ &
C. C. Dahn³

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CCD transit telescopes are now determining star positions at faint magnitudes (i.e., down to V ~ 17 mag) and with accuracies as good as ~ ±150 mas. CCD parallaxes with errors ~ ±1 mas are now being determined routinely in time periods less than 3 years.

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Stone, R.C., Dahn, C.C. (1995). CCD Astrometry. In: Høg, E., Seidelmann, P.K. (eds) Astronomical and Astrophysical Objectives of Sub-Milliarcsecond Optical Astrometry. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 166. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0069-4_1

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