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Evidence of Systematic Errors in FK5

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

L.V. Morrison ,
R.W. Argyle ,
Y. Requième ,
L. Helmer ,
C. Fabricius ,
O.H. Einicke ,
M.E. Buontempo ,
J.L. Muinñs  and
M. Rapaport
L.V. Morrison
Affiliation:
(RGO)
R.W. Argyle
Affiliation:
(RGO)
Y. Requième
Affiliation:
(Bordeaux)
L. Helmer
Affiliation:
(CUO)
C. Fabricius
Affiliation:
(CUO)
O.H. Einicke
Affiliation:
(CUO)
M.E. Buontempo
Affiliation:
(RGO)
J.L. Muinñs
Affiliation:
(ROA)
M. Rapaport
Affiliation:
(Bordeaux)

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The primary purpose of the FK5 is to provide an absolute optical reference frame against which to measure the positions and motions of other objects. One of the main tasks of meridian circles is to check and improve that reference frame by repeated observation of the fundamental stars. The meridian circle at Bordeaux, France and the Carlsberg Automatic Meridian Circle (CAMC) at La Palma are carrying out programmes of observation of FK5 stars partly with this aim in view.

The positions from which the systematic differences are derived are the means of at least 10, but normally about 30 (Bordeaux) and 50 (CAMC), independent observations of each FK5 star made in the period 1984–87. The systematic differences are displayed in pairs of 3-dimensional plots, Bordeau–FK5 and CAMC–FK5. The similarities of the corresponding pairs of plots is striking, particularly in declination. This implies that systematic errors exist in the FK5 which reach about in places at the epoch 1986.0.

Type
Part 2. Poster Papers
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 127: Reference Systems , 1991 , pp. 318
Copyright
Copyright © United States Naval Observatory 1991