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astro-ph2005
Star-Cluster Astrometry with Ground-Based Wide Field Imagers
L. R. Bedin, J. Anderson, G. Piotto +2
We show the astrometric potential of the Wide Field Imager at the focus of the MPI-ESO 2.2m Telescope. Currently, we are able to measure the position of a well-exposed star with a…
astro-ph2003
The IAU 2000 resolutions for astrometry, celestial mechanics and metrology in the relativistic framework: explanatory supplement
M. Soffel, S. A. Klioner, G. Petit +17
This paper discusses the IAU Resolutions B1.3, B1.4, B1.5 and B1.9 (2000) that were adopted during the 24th General Assembly in Manchester, 2000 and provides details and explanatio…
astro-ph1999
The Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer -- Astrometry for the New Millennium
Scott D. Horner, Marvin E. Germain, Thomas P. Greene +10
FAME is designed to perform an all-sky, astrometric survey with unprecedented accuracy. It will create a rigid astrometric catalog of 4x10^7 stars with 5 < m_V < 15. For bright sta…