Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989msngr..56...12g&link_type=abstract
The Messenger, vol. 56, p. 12-15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Hipparcos: Space Astrometry
Scientific paper
Hipparcos, the satellite of the European Space Agency to be launched in July 1989, is the first satellite ever devoted to global astrometry (Fig. 1). The basic principle of observation is to scan continuously and systematically the whole sky with a telescope capable of measuring the angle between stars separated by a large angle (Fig. 2). The telescope is of Schmidt reflective type, the. angles are measured by superimposing - by use of a complex mirror - in the focal plane of the telescope two fields of view separated by a "basic angle" of 58", each field containing one of the stars in a pair. The satellite is designed to spin slowly, scanning the entire sky by means of the combination of two motions: a spinning rotation around the axis normal to the two lines of sight and a revolution of the spin axis around the satellite-Sun line. The angle between the spin axis and the Sun is 43".
Andersen Jeppe J.
Crifo Francoise
Duquennoy Antoine
Faraggiana Rosanna
Gerbaldi Michèle
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