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J/A+A/375/614   Astrolabe observations of the Sun in 1990-2000    (Noel, 2001)
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Astrometric observations of the Sun at Santiago: 1998-2000.
    Noel F.
   <Astron. Astrophys. 375, 614 (2001)>
   =2001A&A...375..614N
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ADC_Keywords: Sun; Positional data
Keywords: solar astrometry, astrolabe observations

Description:
    The two tables are an update of all observations (1990-2000) of the
    Sun performed at Santiago, Chile, with a modified Danjon astrolabe at
    30{deg} and 60{deg} zenith distances.

File Summary:
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 FileName  Lrecl Records   Explanations
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ReadMe        80       .   This file
table3.dat    91     568   1990-2000 Sun observations at 30{deg} zenith distance
table4.dat    91    1106   1990-2000 Sun observations at 60{deg} zenith distance
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See also:
   J/A+AS/102/11  : Astrolabe observations of the Sun in 1990-1992 (Noel 1993)
   J/A+AS/106/327 : Observations of the Sun during 1993 at Santiago (Noel 1994)
   J/A+AS/106/441 : Second catalogue of Santiago (Noel, 1994)
   J/A+AS/113/131 : Observations of the Sun during 1994 (Noel, 1995)
   J/A+AS/132/195 : Astrolabe observations of the Sun in 1995-1997 (Noel 1998)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat table4.dat
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  Bytes Format  Units    Label  Explanations
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  1- 10  A10 "YYYY/MM/DD" Date  Date
 12- 20  F9.3   d         MJD   Modified Julian day
 22- 27  F6.3   arcsec    Zeu   ?=99.990 Zenith distance residual east upper
                                        border
 29- 34  F6.3   arcsec    Zel   ?=99.990 Zenith distance residual east lower
                                        border
 36- 41  F6.3   arcsec    Zwl   ?=99.990 Zenith distance residual west lower
                                        border
 43- 48  F6.3   arcsec    Zwu   ?=99.990 Zenith distance residual west upper
                                        border
 50- 56  F7.4   s         dRA   ?=99.9990 Differential Right ascension (O-C)
 58- 63  F6.4   s       e_dRA   ?=9.9990 Sigma of DRA
 65- 70  F6.3   arcsec    Y     ?=99.990 Zenith distance (Observed-Adopted)+
                                          Declination(O-C) cos S.
 72- 77  F6.3   arcsec    dDSun ?=99.990 Sun semidiameter (O-C)
 79- 83  F5.3   arcsec  e_Y     ?=9.990  Sigma of dDSun and Y
 85- 91  F7.3   arcsec    DSun  ?=0.000 Observed Sun semidiameter reduced to AU.
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Acknowledgements: Fernando Noel <fnoel@das.uchile.cl>
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(End)                                          Patricia Bauer [CDS]  09-Jul-2001

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