Determination of proper motions in the Pleiades Cluster

1991 ◽  
Vol 312 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Schilbach
Keyword(s):  
Proper Motions

Galactic orbits of stars

1966 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 93-97
Author(s):  
Richard Woolley
Keyword(s):  
Globular Cluster ◽  
Potential Field ◽  
High Velocity ◽  
Velocity Vector ◽  
Variable Stars ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Proper Motions ◽  
Rr Lyrae ◽  
The Galaxy

It is now possible to determine proper motions of high-velocity objects in such a way as to obtain with some accuracy the velocity vector relevant to the Sun. If a potential field of the Galaxy is assumed, one can compute an actual orbit. A determination of the velocity of the globular clusterωCentauri has recently been completed at Greenwich, and it is found that the orbit is strongly retrograde in the Galaxy. Similar calculations may be made, though with less certainty, in the case of RR Lyrae variable stars.

scholarly journals Proper Motions of H2O Masers in W49(N) and the Distance to the Galactic Center

1989 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 47-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. Gwinn ◽  
J. M. Moran ◽  
M. J. Reid ◽  
M. H. Schneps ◽  
R. Genzel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Galactic Center ◽  
Proper Motions ◽  
Source Data

A distance of R0 = 7.6 ± 1.6 kpc for the galactic center is given by comparison of expansion parallax of a cluster of H2O masers in W49(N) with the kinematic distance of that source. Data from additional epochs, now being calibrated, should further improve the accuracy of our determination of R0.

scholarly journals Kinematics of Orion Association Members

1995 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 373-373
Author(s):  
R.L. Smart
Keyword(s):  
Proper Motions ◽  
Linear Approximations ◽  
Orion Association ◽  
Phd Thesis

We discuss the determination of the expansion of the Orion association. Previous estimates of expansion in associations have employed simplified linear approximations which only required the observation of proper motions (cf. Lesh, J.R., ApJ, 152, 905, 1968). We have used proper motions obtained by Smart (PhD Thesis, Univ. of Florida, 1993) with previously obtained membership criteria to investigate this hypothesised expansion without conclusive results.

scholarly journals Orbits of Galactic Globular Clusters from Schmidt Plate Astrometry

1994 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 453-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Odenkirchen ◽  
R.-D. Scholz ◽  
M.J. Irwin
Keyword(s):  
Globular Clusters ◽  
Proper Motions ◽  
Mass Model ◽  
Orbital Parameters ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Galactic Globular Clusters

We present results from orbit integrations for the globular clusters M 3 and M 92. Absolute proper motions recently measured from Tautenburg Schmidt plates and a three-component mass model for the Galaxy have been used to derive the galactic orbits of these clusters. Orbital parameters and the influence of observational uncertainties on the determination of the orbits are discussed.

scholarly journals Astrometric Programs by the New Hamburg Plate Measuring Machine

1994 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 173-176
Author(s):  
Chr. de Vegt ◽  
L. Winter ◽  
N. Zacharias
Keyword(s):  
Reference Frame ◽  
Northern Hemisphere ◽  
High Accuracy ◽  
Proper Motions ◽  
Sky Surveys ◽  
Unique Data ◽  
Large Sets ◽  
Measuring Machine ◽  
First Time

With the new Hamburg astrometric measuring machine, large sets of plates can be digitized very quickly with submicrometer accuracy. In particular about 2000 plates of the AGK2-catalog, mean epoch 1930, can be remeasured now for the first time to their limiting magnitude, about B = 11. The new AGK2-data therefore will cover practically the whole AC-catalog and TYCHO-stars in the northern hemisphere. All plates will be reduced using the HIPPARCOS results as the reference frame when available in 1996. The new AGK2-data will provide a unique data base for the determination of high accuracy proper motions (about 2 mas/yr) of all TYCHO stars in the northern hemisphere. Furthermore, for the first time a dense reference frame for a final reduction of the Astrographic Catalog (AC) and the large deep sky surveys will be generated by this catalog. The inferior situation in the southern hemisphere will be addressed briefly.

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