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Hipparcos Data Validation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Floor van Leeuwen
Floor van Leeuwen*
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, UK

Abstract

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An overview is presented of tests performed to check the statistical properties of the formal errors on the Hipparcos parallaxes. It is shown that there is no evidence for systematic or correlated errors beyond a correlation level of 0.12 and an angular scale of 1.2 degrees.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 12: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIVth General Assembly of the IAU, 2000 , 2002 , pp. 657 - 660
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2002

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