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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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