Abstract
Optical direction measurements to terrestrial and extra-terrestrial targets are affected by atmospheric turbulence. The known formulae for the variance and the spectrum of the angle-of-arrival fluctuations and experimental results are summarised. The ultimate precision of direction measurements is estimated as a function of instrumental design parameters, the strength of atmospheric turbulence, and the length of the averaging period.
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Brunner, F.K. (1982). Atmospheric Turbulence and Its Effects on Direction Measurements. In: Fricke, W., Teleki, G. (eds) Sun and Planetary System. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 96. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7846-1_131
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