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HIPPARCOS After Launch!? The Preparation of the Input Catalogue

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The goal of the mission of ESA’s astrometric satellite HIPPARCOS is to measure positions, proper motions and trigonometric parallaxes of almost 120000 stars down to the limiting visual magnitude ~ 12.m5 to an accuracy of some 2 to 4 milliarcseconds. Simultaneously, a second experiment TYCHO determines positions (less accurately) and photoelectric B, V magnitudes for about 400000 stars down to magnitude ~ 10.m5 using the star mapper of the main mission.

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  1. Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, D-6900, Heidelberg, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    H. Jahreiß

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  1. Landessternwarte, Königstuhl, D-6900, Heidelberg 1, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Gerhard Klare

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Jahreiß, H. (1989). HIPPARCOS After Launch!? The Preparation of the Input Catalogue. In: Klare, G. (eds) Reviews in Modern Astronomy 2. Reviews in Modern Astronomy, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75183-7_6

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