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Photographic Astrometry

Astrométrie Photographique

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Reports on Astronomy

Part of the book series: Transactions of the International Astronomical Union ((ESRH,volume 4))

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The question of the title of Commission 24, obviously, offers a difficult problem as already mentioned in recent reports. Photographic Astrometry no longer describes the whole scope of the commission. This problem has continued during the last three years especially in view of the preparations for the astrometric tasks of the NASA Space Telescope and of the ESA satellite HIPPARCOS.

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Richard M. West (General Secretary of the Union)

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West, R.M. (1985). Photographic Astrometry. In: West, R.M. (eds) Reports on Astronomy. Transactions of the International Astronomical Union, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5392-5_16

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