The measurement of astronomical parallaxes with CCD imaging cameras on small telescopes

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Mar 1993

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American Journal of Physics, Volume 61, Issue 3, pp. 208-216 (1993).

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Laboratory Experiments And Apparatus, Astrometric And Interferometric Instruments

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Small telescopes equipped with charge-coupled device (CCD) imaging cameras are well suited to introductory laboratory exercises in positional astronomy (astrometry). An elegant example is the determination of the parallax of extraterrestrial objects, such as asteroids. For laboratory exercises suitable for introductory students, the astronomical hardware needs are relatively modest, and, under the best circumstances, the analysis requires little more than arithmetic and a microcomputer with image display capabilities. Results from the first such coordinated parallax observations of asteroids ever made are presented. In addition, procedures for several related experiments, involving single-site observations and/or parallaxes of earth-orbiting artificial satellites, are outlined.

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