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An Automatic Electronic Combined Blink-comparator and Measuring Engine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

G. Thomas ,
E. Jones ,
K. L. Jones ,
G. M. Francis ,
F. Kingshott ,
B. J. O’Mara  and
A. A. Page
G. Thomas
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072
E. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072
K. L. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072
G. M. Francis
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072
F. Kingshott
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072
B. J. O’Mara
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072
A. A. Page
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072
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Abstract

We have designed and manufactured a multi-purpose electronic, computer-operated blink-comparator and measuring engine. It has been specifically designed to facilitate the examination of stellar images on Uppsala Schmidt photographic plates, identify and establish coordinates of new suspect variable stars appearing on the plates being examined, and also to derive photometric values for those stars manifesting variability.

Type
Instruments and Basic Astronomy
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , April 1994 , pp. 55 - 57
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1994

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