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An Observational Method for the Lower Latitude Meridian Circle (LLMC) with a CCD Camera

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

Mao Wei
Affiliation:
Yunnan Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences P. O. Box 110 Kunming, Yunnan Province China
Fan Yu
Affiliation:
Yunnan Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences P. O. Box 110 Kunming, Yunnan Province China
Peng Qinyu
Affiliation:
Yunnan Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences P. O. Box 110 Kunming, Yunnan Province China
Li Zhiming
Affiliation:
Yunnan Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences P. O. Box 110 Kunming, Yunnan Province China
Ji Kaifan
Affiliation:
Yunnan Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences P. O. Box 110 Kunming, Yunnan Province China
Hu Xiaochun
Affiliation:
Yunnan Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences P. O. Box 110 Kunming, Yunnan Province China

Abstract

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A principle for absolute determination of an object' position by means of LLMC with a CCD camera and the method for finding the error from the instrument and the CCD chip are described in this paper. The observational power and application of the LLMC with a CCD are also discussed.

Type
Ground-Based Optical Astrometry
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 

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