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Limits on Astrometric Accuracy

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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A general overview of the various factors limiting the accuracy to which astrometric observations can be made is presented. Since this is a very broad topic, it is limited primarily to radio astrometry of extragalactic objects.

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. 20 - 28
Copyright
Copyright © US Naval Observatory 2000

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