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Expectations for Astrometry With the Hubble Space Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

R.L. Duncombe ,
W. H. Jefferys ,
G. F. Benedict ,
P. D. Hemenway  and
P. J. Shelus
R.L. Duncombe
Affiliation:
Center For Space Research University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712
W. H. Jefferys
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712
G. F. Benedict
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712
P. D. Hemenway
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712
P. J. Shelus
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712

Abstract

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The Hubble Space Telescope, a large optical instrument having an aperture of 2.4 meters and a length of 8.8 meters has been developed by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration in cooperation with the European Space Agency. The Space Shuttle will be used to place the telescope in orbit. The primary astrometric instrument will be one of the three Fine Guidance Sensors which have the capability of measuring the position of one object with respect to another to an accuracy of ±0.″002. To facilitate use of the Hubble Space Telescope, observers will be provided with the Astrometric Data Reduction Software package. The variety of astrometric problems and the several modes of operation are mentioned as well as the cooperative program with the European astrometric satellite project HIPPARCOS.

Type
Part 4: Realization and comparison of reference frames
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 141: Inertial Coordinate System on the Sky , 1990 , pp. 339 - 346
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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