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Linking the Radio and Optical Frames with Merlin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

S.T. Garrington
Affiliation:
Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, UK
R.J. Davis
Affiliation:
Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, UK
L.V. Morrison
Affiliation:
Royal Greenwich Observatory, UK
R.W. Argyle
Affiliation:
Royal Greenwich Observatory, UK

Abstract

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MERLIN positions of 12 radio stars are used to link the provisional Hipparcos reference frame to the International Celestial Reference Frame. The accuracy of the link using these radio stars is 2.3 milliarcseconds. Further observations are planned to check the accuracy of the link in the future.

Type
Part 7. Data Processing Techniques
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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