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Comparison of preliminary StarMapper positions with Carlsberg meridian circle observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

L.V. Morrison ,
F. van Leeuwen  and
D.W. Evans
L.V. Morrison
Affiliation:
Royal Greenwich ObservatoryMadingley Road Cambridge CB3 0EZUnited Kingdom
F. van Leeuwen
Affiliation:
Royal Greenwich ObservatoryMadingley Road Cambridge CB3 0EZUnited Kingdom
D.W. Evans
Affiliation:
Royal Greenwich ObservatoryMadingley Road Cambridge CB3 0EZUnited Kingdom

Abstract

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The process of satellite attitude reconstruction carried out at RGO enables the assumed positions of the stars taken from INCA to be improved. The attitude reconstruction is determined from polynomial fits to the residuals between the observed StarMapper positions and those taken from INCA. The degree of the polynomial is such that smoothing occurs over a typical arc length of about 10°. The positions from different passes are combined, giving a typical internal accuracy for a star of 0"·02 in RA and Dec. The observations discussed here were accumulated from provisional magnetic tapes received from Darmstadt before the end of 1990.

Type
Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 9: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIst General Assembly of the IAU, 1991 , 1992 , pp. 440
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1992

References

Morrison, L.V., Argyle, R.W., Requième, Y., Helmer, L., Fabricius, C., Einicke, O.H., Buontempo, M.E., Muiños, J.L. and Rapaport, M. (1990), Astron. Astrophys. 240, 173.Google Scholar