Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 2006
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Nomenclature, Precession and New Models in Fundamental Astronomy, 26th meeting of the IAU, Joint Discussion 16, 22-23 August 200
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The XXIVth General Assembly in Manchester approved the foundation of a special working-group: "Future development of the ground-based astrometry". FDGBA is a working group of the Division 1. Its activity in the first three years has allowed that the XXVth General Assembly in Sydney determined its continuation for another three years. Naturally, the contribution of the small telescopes raises great questions, especially when we think of astrometry which is made today by means of the space missions or of the great telescopes. Nevertheless, there are still a series of programs for which they should continue to work, not in competition but in order to complete or prepare their activity. There are some of its objectives still valid for the next few years: • astrometric observations of some natural satellites, asteroids and comets with small or medium-sized telescopes; • monitoring selected asteroids approaching the Earth; • observations of artificial objects and space events and other natural phenomena generating hazards in the vicinity of the Earth; • improving double star orbits; • astrometric observations of the areas around extragalactic radiosources to extend Hipparcos system to the faint stars; • rediscovering of recently discovered asteroids with the help of digital plate archive that we are creating now as a part of the work on the integration of our plate archive into national and international virtual observatories; • to them are added the program "Before GAIA" or the observation of the mutual phenomena of Uranus' satellites within the campaign PHEURA 07, which begins in the autumn of this year. Last but not least there are the educational efforts for the training of a new generation of astrometrists, now before the launching of new space specialized missions and the processing of a huge amount of data collected so far.
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