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Properties of the Hipparcos Catalogue: What Confidence can we have in the Final Data?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

L. Lindegren
L. Lindegren*
Affiliation:
Lund Observatory Box 43 S-22100 Lund Sweden

Abstract

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The foreseen complexity of the the ESA Hipparcos mission led to the establishment of two independent scientific consortia (FAST and NDAC) for the parallel processing of all main mission data. The validation of Hipparcos data through internal and external checks and by interconsortia comparisons is outlined. Examples are given based on preliminary solutions. The various checks indicate that the overall accuracy and reliability of the Hipparcos Catalogue will be extremely high.

Type
1. Current Advances in Astrometry
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 166: Astronomical and Astrophysical Objectives of Sub-Milliarcsecond Optical Astrometry , 1995 , pp. 55 - 60
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1995 

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