A PHOTOELECTRIC ASTROMETRIC TELESCOPE USING A RONCHI RULING

A new generation of photoelectric astrometric telescopes promises significant advances for both semiglobal and differential astrometry. Some of these new telescopes have a Ronchi ruling at the prime focal plane. The images move relative to the ruling, behind which photomultipliers or similar detecto...

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Published inPublications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Vol. 102; no. 648; pp. 200 - 211
Main Authors BUFFINGTON, ANDREW, GELLER, MICHAEL R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Legacy CDMS The Astronomical Society of the Pacific 01.02.1990
Subjects
Astronomy
Atmospherics
Centroids
Coordinate systems
Declination
Field of view
Instruments and Data Analysis
Reflecting telescopes
Ronchi
Stars
Telescopes
Time series
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Summary:A new generation of photoelectric astrometric telescopes promises significant advances for both semiglobal and differential astrometry. Some of these new telescopes have a Ronchi ruling at the prime focal plane. The images move relative to the ruling, behind which photomultipliers or similar detectors view the modulated transmitted light. When several stars are viewed simultaneously, this technique exploits correlations in the atmospheric seeing to significantly improve differential astrometric precision. This article presents some general design and analysis criteria for this type of telescope and describes our particular reflector telescope. This has a 29-cm aperture and has met a 4-milli-arc-second differential precision per 5-minute observation. The system is designed for a program of improved annual parallax and solar-system object measurements.
Bibliography:CDMS
Legacy CDMS
ISSN:0004-6280
1538-3873
DOI:10.1086/132628