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Illustration of the use of interferometry in the optical wavelength range to determine precise positions of stars. Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech

Astrometry is a branch of astronomy that involves precise measurements of the positions and movements of stars and other celestial bodies. It provides the kinematics and physical origin of the Solar System and this galaxy, the Milky Way.

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Astrometry

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Astrometry is a branch of astronomy that involves precise measurements of the positions and movements of stars and other celestial bodies. It provides...

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Astronomy

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the Americas. In the past, astronomy included disciplines as diverse as astrometry, celestial navigation, observational astronomy, and the making of calendars...

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Celestial cartography

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principle, astrometry can involve such measurements of planets, stars, black holes and galaxies to any celestial body. Throughout human history, astrometry played...

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Constellation

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outlines by measuring common proper motions of individual stars by accurate astrometry and their radial velocities by astronomical spectroscopy. The 88 constellations...

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Pierre Lacroute

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Pierre Lacroute (1906–1993), was a French astrophysicist and pioneer of astrometry using satellite experiments. He is known as the first proposer of the...

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List of astrometric solvers

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Charon are obsolete and no longer developed. Astrometry.net webpage All sky solver webpage ANSVR webpage Astrometry.net API lite Astrotortilla webpage CloudMakers...

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Physics

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Semiconductor, superconductor, superfluidity, Spin Astrophysics Astronomy, Astrometry, Cosmology, Gravitation physics, High-energy astrophysics, Planetary astrophysics...

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Polaris

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point from which to draw measurements for celestial navigation and for astrometry. The elevation of the star above the horizon gives the approximate latitude...

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Methods of detecting exoplanets

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expected to find thousands of planets via astrometry, but prior to the launch of Gaia, no planet detected by astrometry had been confirmed. SIM PlanetQuest...

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Solar System

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neighborhood. XXXIV. A search for planets orbiting nearby M dwarfs using astrometry". The Astronomical Journal. 148 (5): 91. arXiv:1407.4820. Bibcode:2014AJ...

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Parsec

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Richard. "Astronomy 162". Ohio State University. "The Hipparcos Space Astrometry Mission". Retrieved 28 August 2007. Turon, Catherine. "From Hipparchus...

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List of nearest stars

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Fomalont, Edward; Benedict, G. Fritz (20 April 2021). "Precision Millimeter Astrometry of the α Centauri AB System". The Astronomical Journal. 162 (1): 14. arXiv:2104...

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Lists of planets

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brightness modulation: 9 (0.2%)   Pulsar timing variation: 8 (0.1%)   Astrometry: 3 (0.1%)   Pulsation timing variation: 2 (0.0%)   Disk kinematics: 1...

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Exoplanet

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sensitive to detecting planets around 1–10 AU away from Sun-like stars. Astrometry Astrometry consists of precisely measuring a star's position in the sky and...

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Astrometric solving

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geometric distortion in the celestial image, mainly caused by the optics. Astrometry. Professional setups are using astrometric solving to measure accurately...

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Astrolabe

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An astrolabe (Greek: ἀστρολάβος astrolábos, 'star-taker'; Arabic: ٱلأَسْطُرلاب al-Asṭurlāb; Persian: ستاره‌یاب Setāreyāb) is an astronomical instrument...

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Haumea

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Meeting #40, #38.07. 40: 465. Bibcode:2008DPS....40.3807S. "Orbit and Astrometry for 136108". www.boulder.swri.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-07-13...

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Binary star

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indirect techniques, such as spectroscopy (spectroscopic binaries) or astrometry (astrometric binaries). If a binary star happens to orbit in a plane along...

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Hamal

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the night sky. Based upon parallax measurements made with the Hipparcos astrometry satellite, Hamal is about 65.8 light-years (20.2 parsecs) from Earth....

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Luhman 16

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Libralato, M.; Griggio, M.; Fontanive, C.; Pourbaix, D. (8 March 2024). "HST astrometry of the closest Brown Dwarfs -- II. Improved parameters and constraints...

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TDAC

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Tycho Data Analysis Consortium, that worked on the Hipparcos spacecraft astrometry data This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...

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Naval Observatory Vector Astrometry Subroutines

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The Naval Observatory Vector Astrometry Software (NOVAS) is a software library for astrometry-related numerical computations. It is developed by the Astronomical...

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