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High-Precision Photometry with Small Telescopes on the Moon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Michael Zeilik*
Affiliation:
Institute for Astrophysics, The University of New Mexico

Abstract

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I explore the scientific gains that can be achieved by siting small (1 to 2-meter), special-purpose telescopes on the moon with the goal of high- precision observations.

Type
Session 7 Photometry from Space
Copyright
Copyright © C.J. Butler and I. Elliottt 1993

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