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Future Astrometry from Space and from the Ground

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

E. Høg  and
H.J. Fogh Olsen
E. Høg
Affiliation:
Copenhagen University Observatory, Denmark
H.J. Fogh Olsen
Affiliation:
Copenhagen University Observatory, Denmark

Abstract

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The space astrometry projects being studied by the European Space Agency (ESA) promise an accuracy about ±0″.003 due to photon statistics for about 100 000 stars. Inherent limitations of the space astrometry projects and the future continued importance of ground based astrometry are outlined.

Type
Joint Meetings
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 4 , Issue 1: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XVIth General Assembly of the IAU, 1976 (Part I) , 1977 , pp. 361 - 370
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1977

References

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