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Internal Calibration of Astrononomical Photographs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

P.S. Bunclark  and
M.J. Irwin
P.S. Bunclark
Affiliation:
SERC APM Facility, Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OHA
M.J. Irwin
Affiliation:
SERC APM Facility, Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OHA

Abstract

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By applying the principle that all stellar image profiles should be identical apart from a scale change, we can derive a relative calibration for a photographic plate without use of calibration spots or other indirect means.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 78: Astronomy with Schmidt-type telescopes , 1984 , pp. 147 - 154
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1984

References

Bunclark, P.S.: 1983, Proceedings of the Workshop on Astronomical Measuring Machines, Occasional Reports of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, No. 10, p149.Google Scholar