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Occultation of Radio Sources for the Linkage of Radio and Stellar Reference Frames

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Mitsuru Sôma ,
Masanori Miyamoto  and
Shinko Aoki
Mitsuru Sôma
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatory Mitaka, Tokyo 181, Japan
Masanori Miyamoto
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatory Mitaka, Tokyo 181, Japan
Shinko Aoki
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatory Mitaka, Tokyo 181, Japan

Abstract

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The right ascension of the radio source 3C273B, which serves as a right ascension zero point in radio astrometric work, has been determined from lunar occultations and photographic observations.

We re-analyze here the lunar occultations of 3C273B using the recent precise lunar ephemeris and obtain its right ascension referred to the FK5 equinox at J2000.0. The obtained right ascension is 12h29m06s.6946±0s.007 at its mean observation epoch of 1963.62.

Predictions of occultations of radio sources by the Moon and planets are also given. Observations of them are encouraged in order to improve the accuracy of the linkage between radio and stellar reference frames.

Type
Part 4: Realization and comparison of reference frames
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 141: Inertial Coordinate System on the Sky , 1990 , pp. 503 - 511
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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