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Proper Motions from Schmidt Plate Scans at STScI

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

D. Jack MacConnell ,
Wm. James Roberts  and
Ramon L. Williamson II
D. Jack MacConnell
Affiliation:
Astronomy Programs, Computer Sciences Corporation, Space Telescope Science Institute
Wm. James Roberts
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute
Ramon L. Williamson II
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute

Abstract

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We describe a program of determining proper motions from digitized scans of Palomar Oschin Schmidt telescope plates at the Space Telescope Science Institute. Our method is most useful over 11 ≲ V ≲ 18 and .

Type
VIII. Schmidt Astrometry
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 148: The Future Utilisation of Schmidt Telescopes , 1995 , pp. 224 - 227
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1995

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