PRIMA narrow-angle astrometry errors

Rudolf S. Le Poole; Francoise Delplancke; Robert N. Tubbs

doi:10.1117/12.552192

20 October 2004 PRIMA narrow-angle astrometry errors

Rudolf S. Le Poole, Francoise Delplancke, Robert N. Tubbs

Proceedings Volume 5491, New Frontiers in Stellar Interferometry; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552192
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

With ESO's Phase Referenced Imaging and Micro-arcsecond Astrometry (PRIMA) facility well into its procurement phase expectations are made about the astrometric performance. It appears that in almost all respects the instrumentally induced errors are expected to have Power Spectral densities well below those due to the atmosphere. However for the target performance to be achieved, some effects must reduce by averaging by some 4 orders of magnitude. The most serious worry foreseen is lack of thermal stability in the air-filled Delay Line tunnel, and it is recommended that outside wind influence be impeded.

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Rudolf S. Le Poole, Francoise Delplancke, and Robert N. Tubbs "PRIMA narrow-angle astrometry errors", Proc. SPIE 5491, New Frontiers in Stellar Interferometry, (20 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552192

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