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Photographic astrometry against a bright sky - Theory and application
Theoretical, experimental, and statistical arguments are given todemonstrate that daytime astrometry can be a viable technique in somecircumstances. In particular, a scheme is outlined for a daytimeobservation of the gravitational deflection of light by the sun.Detailed examination of the photographic astrometry approach shows thatthe accuracy expected from a single plate exposed to a star field aboutthe sun is expressible in terms of the uncertainties with which thepositions of the images are determined. An experimental determination isperformed, yielding the astrometric positional accuracy as a function ofthe magnitude of the star, the brightness of the background, and thesensitivity of the measurement process. This result is extrapolated tothe light-deflection configuration by using measurements of skybrightness as a function of observer altitude and the angular separationof the observed region of sky from the sun. Application to star fieldsalong the ecliptic indicates an expected accuracy of 1% to be attainablefrom 85 to 200 plates.
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| Constellation: | Poissons |
| Right ascension: | 01h06m33.83s |
| Declination: | +16°21'47.8" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 9.081 |
| Proper motion RA: | 6.6 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -9.1 |
| B-T magnitude: | 9.676 |
| V-T magnitude: | 9.131 |
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