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Parallaxes with Large Reflectors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

R. S. Harrington*
Affiliation:
U. S. Naval Observatory

Abstract

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Reflecting telescopes designed to do astrometry can obtain parallaxes essentially free of systematic errors. Improvements in detection and mensuration now make it possible to produce parallaxes of unprecedented accuracy without undue cost or effort.

Type
III. Photographic Astrometry
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986 

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