Astrometry with Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor number 3: Position-mode stability and precision

Details Astrometry with Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor number 3: Position-mode stability and precision Astrometry with Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor number 3: Position-mode stability and precision

Mar 1994

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 106, no. 697, p. 327-336

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astrometry, Guidance Sensors, Hubble Space Telescope, Accuracy, Error Analysis, Parallax, Precision, Spatial Distribution, Stability

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We report results from a test exploring the long- and short-term astrometric stability of Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) #3. A test field was observed 40 times over 522 days to determine the precision and accuracy of FGS astrometry and to measure the character and magnitude of possible secular scale changes. We examine the astrometric data and the associated guide-star data to determine random errors. These data are also explored to find sources of systematic error. After correcting for some systematic effects we obtain a precision of 0.002 arcsec (2 mas) per observation (RSS of x and y). This is relative astrometry within a central 2.5 arcmin FGS field of view for any orientation. We find that the scale varies over time and confirm the sense of the trend with independent data. From the 40 observation sets we produce a catalog of an astrometry test field containing eight stars whose relative positions are known to an average 0.7 and 0.9 mas in x and y. One reference star has a relative parallax of 3.1 plus or minus 0.5 mas. Finally, we report that eleven observation sets acquired over 387 days produce parallaxes and relative positions with 1-mas precision.

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