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J/A+AS/102/11 Astrolabe observations of the Sun in 1990-1992 (Noel 1993)
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Observations of the Sun during 1990-1992 with the astrolabe of Santiago
Noel F.
<Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 102, 11 (1993)>
=1993A&AS..102...11N
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ADC_Keywords: Sun; Positional data
Keywords: solar positions and semi-diameter - astrolabe observations
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table2 84 79 Sun observations at 30 deg zenith distance
table3 84 110 Sun observations at 60 deg zenith distance
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See also:
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: table2 table3
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 6 A6 --- date Date (year-1900,month,day)
9- 17 F9.3 d MJD Modified julian day
20- 24 F5.2 arcsec EUB Zenith distance residual east upper border
26- 30 F5.2 arcsec ELB Zenith distance residual east lower border
33- 37 F5.2 arcsec WLB Zenith distance residual west lower border
39- 43 F5.2 arcsec WUB Zenith distance residual west upper border
46- 51 F6.3 s dAlpha dAlpha = Right ascension (O-C)
53- 57 F5.3 s e_dAlpha Sigma of dAlpha
60- 64 F5.2 arcsec Y Y=Declination (O-C)cos S (Sun's
paralactic angle) + Zenith distance
(Observed-Adopted).
67- 71 F5.2 arcsec dD dD=Sun semi-diameter (O-C)
73- 76 F4.2 arcsec e_dD Sigma of dD and Y
79- 84 F6.2 arcsec DR Observed Sun semi-diameter reduced to AU.
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(End) Patricia Bauer [CDS] 28-Sep-1993
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