Considerations for the application of the lunar occultation technique

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Jul 1977

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Astronomical Journal, vol. 82, July 1977, p. 511-515.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Angular Resolution, Infrared Astronomy, Lunar Occultation, Telescopes, Fresnel Diffraction, Photometers, Satellite Observation, Scintillation, Signal To Noise Ratios, Stellar Structure, Visual Photometry

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The range of applicability of the lunar occultation technique is investigated for existing and forseeable telescopes and photometers. Angular-resolution limits imposed by various factors in the Fresnel and geometric approximations are considered, and constraints are determined which are imposed in both approximations by source-photon-noise-limited, detector-noise-limited, and background-photon-noise-limited detection. The choice of parameter values and the contribution of source scintillation noise are discussed. The potential of the occultation technique is then evaluated for observations performed at wavelengths of 0.55, 2, and 10 microns. Occultation observations from orbiting space stations and satellites are also discussed.

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