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Mar 1991

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Astrophysics and Space Science (ISSN 0004-640X), vol. 177, no. 1-2, March 1991, p. 307-313.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Astrometry, Mission Planning, Research Facilities, Space Stations, Telescopes, Astronomical Coordinates, Nasa Space Programs, Planetary Systems

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The evolution of the Astrometric Telescope Facility (ATF) proposed for use on NASA's Space Station is traced and its design characteristics are presented. With a focal plane scale of 12.7 arcsec/mm, the strawman design has a field size of 10 sq arcmin and a limiting visual magnitude fainter than 16. Output from an observation includes the X and Y coordinates of each star and its relative brightness.

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