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Accurate Optical Positions Using the Palomar Sky Atlas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

R. W. Hunstead
R. W. Hunstead*
Affiliation:
Cornell-Sydney University Astronomy Centre, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Abstract

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Optical positions measured directly on the prints and plates of the Palomar Sky Atlas have been compared with various published lists of precise optical positions. The external comparisons suggest that positional errors ~ ±0″.3 in each coordinate have been achieved. This supports the claimed accuracy and establishes the Sky Atlas as an important astrometric medium for investigating radio-optical associations.

Type
Session D: Astrometry with Large Telescopes
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 61: New Problems in Astrometry , 1974 , pp. 175 - 179
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1974 

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