Summer Term 2013
Time: Tuesdays, 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Location: Kleiner Hörsaal (kHS), Philosophenweg 12
First lecture: April 16, 2013
Preliminary Outline:
- Lecture 1: Introduction, Literature, Astrometric Highlights
- Lecture 2: Coordinate Systems and Reference Frames
- Lecture 3: Astrometric Catalogs
- Lecture 4: Astrometric Standard Model of Stellar Motion; Precise Astrometric Measurement Techniques
- Lecture 5: Small Field Parallax Projects; Correcting for Refraction
- Lecture 6: Small Field Astrometry Projects: Steps and HST; Limitations by the Atmosphere
- Lecture 7: Hipparcos & Gaia: Methods
- Lecture 8: Astrometric Binaries and Statistical Astrometry
- Lecture 9: Science with Hipparcos & Gaia
- Lecture 10: Astrometry with Interferometers: PRIMA, GRAVITY and SIM
- Lecture 11: Astrometric Planet Searches & Orbit Fitting
- Lecture 12: Microarcsecond Astrometric Data Reduction, Astrometry beyond the Microarcsecond
Useful Links:
- a large collection of astronomical catalogs (including astrometric ones) can be found at
VizieR
Useful Links:
- JPL ephemeris for the calculation
of precise positions of solar system objects at any give time (useful for calculation of
parallax offsets). There is also an
IDL program
which can read and interpolate the JPL tables.
Useful Links:
- Documentation about the Hipparcos Catalogue,
especially Vol.10, the Double and Multiple System Annex
- Washington Double Star Catalog
- SB9: Spectroscopic Binary Orbits
- Statistical Astrometry: papers by Wielen et al.
- Principles of Statistical Astrometry, A&A 325, 367, 1997
- Indications on the binary nature of individual stars derived from a
comparison of their Hipparcos proper motions with ground-based data, A&A 346, 675, 1999
- The combination of ground-based astrometric compilation catalogues with the Hipparcos Catalogue I., A&A 347, 1046, 1999
- The combination of ground-based astrometric compilation catalogues with the Hipparcos Catalogue II., A&A 368, 298, 2001
- The new reduction of the Hipparcos data by van Leeuwen (2007) at ViZier