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Improving the Accuracy of Radio Astrometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Alan L. Fey
Alan L. Fey*
Affiliation:
United States Naval Observatory

Abstract

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The International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF) is currently realized by the radio positions of compact extragalactic objects obtained by the technique of Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). The positions of the defining sources with the highest quality are estimated to be accurate at the 0.25 milliarcsecond (mas) level. The limiting accuracy is thought to be due mostly to tropospheric propagation effects and by the apparent motions of the sources due to variable intrinsic structure. Increasing the accuracy of VLBI astrometry beyond current levels will require an improved understanding of the variable emission structures associated with compact extragalactic sources as well as improvements in the modeling of the Earth’s troposphere.

Type
Section 1. Celestial Reference System and Frame
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 180: Towards Models and Constants for Sub-Microarcsecond Astrometry , March 2000 , pp. 40 - 46
Copyright
Copyright © US Naval Observatory 2000

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