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The History of Astrometry [PDF]
The European Physical Journal H, 2012 The history of astrometry, the branch of astronomy dealing with the positions of celestial objects, is a lengthy and complex chronicle, having its origins in the earliest records of astronomical observations more than two thousand years ago, and ...
Perryman, Michael
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The Future of Astrometry in Space [PDF]
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2018 This contribution focuses on the importance of astrometry and on its future developments. Over the centuries astrometry has greatly contributed to the advance of the knowledge of the Universe.
Antonella Vallenari
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ELSA and the frontiers of astrometry [PDF]
EAS Publications Series, 2010 ELSA stands for the ambitious goal of `European Leadership in Space Astrometry'. In this closing contribution I will examine how the ELSA network has advanced this goal. I also look ahead to the time when the Gaia data will be published and consider what
Brown, Anthony G. A.
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Astrometry of circumstellar masers [PDF]
, 2002 The circumstellar masers around evolved stars offer an interesting possibility to measure stellar parameters through VLBI astrometry. In this paper the application of this technique is discussed, including the accuracy and the uncertainties of the method.
A Eckart +6 more
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Stingray Sensor System for Persistent Survey of the GEO Belt [PDF]
SensorsThe Stingray sensor system is a 15-camera optical array dedicated to the nightly astrometric and photometric survey of the geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) belt visible above Tucson, Arizona.
Tanner Campbell +6 more
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Open Astronomy, 2022 The results of observations of selected stars orbiting the central body of our Galaxy, which, according to the latest data, has a mass of about 4 million of solar mass, are considered.
Shakht Natalia A. +2 more
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The Science of Fundamental Catalogs
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2021 This review paper discusses the science of astrometric catalogs, their current applications and future prospects for making progress in fundamental astronomy, astrophysics and gravitational physics.
Sergei M. Kopeikin, Valeri V. Makarov
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The Astronomical Journal, 2023 The rotational reflex velocity (RRV) method was proposed by Heinze and Metchev in 2015 and was used to measure the distances of main-belt asteroids (MBAs). Later, Lin et al. generalized this method using spherical astronomy in 2016.
B. F. Guo +3 more
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Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022 Given their extremely large distances and small apparent sizes, quasars are generally considered as objects with near-zero parallax and proper motion.
Qi-Qi Wu +15 more
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Applications of the Source-Frequency Phase-Referencing Technique for ngEHT Observations
Galaxies, 2022 The source-frequency phase-referencing (SFPR) technique has been demonstrated to have great advantages for mm-VLBI observations. By implementing simultaneous multi-frequency receiving systems on the next-generation Event Horizon Telescope (ngEHT ...
Wu Jiang +8 more
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