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    Astrometry (redirect from Astrometrics)
    applies astrometric techniques in its stellar census. In addition to the detection of exoplanets, it can also be used to determine their mass. Astrometric measurements...
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    techniques, such as spectroscopy (spectroscopic binaries) or astrometry (astrometric binaries). If a binary star happens to orbit in a plane along our line...
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  • Astrometric solving or Plate solving or Astrometric calibration of an astronomical image is a technique used in astronomy and applied on celestial images...
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    Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer (or FAME) was a NASA proposed astrometric satellite designed to determine with unprecedented accuracy the positions...
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  • Bibcode Reference 1974AJ.....79..819H Heintz, W. D. (1974). "Astrometric study of four visual binaries". The Astronomical Journal. 79: 819–825. Bibcode:1974AJ...
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    hardware. The name "Gaia" was originally derived as an acronym for Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics. This reflected the optical technique...
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  • Programs capable of Astrometric solving: The solvers Elbrus and Charon are obsolete and no longer developed. Astrometry.net webpage All sky solver webpage...
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  • remained active until his death in 1946. Van Maanen claimed that his astrometric measurements of spiral nebulae revealed detectable internal motions,...
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    below) Triples Higher order Binary stars By observation Optical Visual Astrometric Spectroscopic Eclipsing Close binaries Detached Semidetached Contact...
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    (25 May 2022). "An Isolated Stellar-mass Black Hole Detected through Astrometric Microlensing". The Astrophysical Journal. 933 (1): 83. arXiv:2201.13296...
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    (2022). ""An Isolated Mass-gap Black Hole or Neutron Star Detected with Astrometric Microlensing"". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 933 (1): L23. arXiv:2202...
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    earlier, also using the Swarthmore observatory, found that changes in the astrometric field of various stars correlated to the timing of adjustments and modifications...
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    milliarcseconds. Determining past and future positions relies on accurate astrometric measurements of their parallax and total proper motions (how far they...
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    Space Agency (ESA), measured parallaxes for about 100000 stars with an astrometric precision of about 0.97 mas, and obtained accurate measurements for stellar...
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    Originally targeting the observation of some 100,000 stars, with an astrometric accuracy of about 0.002 arc-sec, the final Hipparcos Catalogue comprised...
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    motion of the hitherto presumed fixed stars after comparing contemporary astrometric measurements with those from the second century AD given in Ptolemy's...
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    C.; Ramos, J. R.; Rigal, F.; Roux, A.; Weber, L. (2018). "VLT/SPHERE astrometric confirmation and orbital analysis of the brown dwarf companion HR 2562...
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    to plot the movement of these systems through the Milky Way galaxy. Astrometric results are the basis used to calculate the distribution of speculated...
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    Retrieved 9 April 2022. Buie, Marc W. (5 April 2008). "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 136472". SwRI (Space Science Department). Archived from the...
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    Gaia BH3 (category Astrometric binaries)
    Gaia BH3 is the first black hole discovered from preliminary Gaia DR4 astrometric data. The black hole and star orbit the system barycentre every 11.6...
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  • stores all observations submitted by these registered observatories. An astrometric record consists of the position, brightness and timestamp of an observed...
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    Gaia BH1 (category Astrometric binaries)
    radius should be about 28 km (17 mi). Gaia BH1 was discovered in 2022 via astrometric observations with Gaia, and also observed via radial velocity. The discovery...
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  • The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog is an astrometric star catalogue, created by Smithsonian Institution, a research institute. It...
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    Collaboration; et al. (November 2016). "Gaia Data Release 1. Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 595:...
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    did not recommend that NASA continue the development of the SIM Lite Astrometric Observatory. This prompted NASA Astronomy and Physics Director, Jon Morse...
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    their ancient astrometric positions. In the 1830s, Thomas Henderson discovered the true distance to α Centauri by analysing his many astrometric mural circle...
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  • "Minor Planet Catalogue") may also be freely downloaded. In addition to astrometric data, the MPC collects light curve photometry of minor planets. A key...
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    S2CID 120785056. Anderson, John D. & Nieto, Michael Martin (2009). "Astrometric Solar-System Anomalies; §2: Increase in the astronomical unit". Proceedings...
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    Within a decade, the Navy's largest telescope, the 61 inch "Kaj Strand Astrometric Reflector" was built; it saw light at Flagstaff in 1964. USNO continues...
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  • at Pulkovo Observatory and professor at Leningrad University, known for his astrometric observations and his compilations of star catalogs MPC · 3100...
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