| Issue |
A&A
Volume 393, Number 1, October I 2002
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 331 - 337 | |
| Section | Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020989 | |
| Published online | 18 September 2002 | |
Estimation of zonal errors in star catalogs using CCD observations of ICRF sources
1
Institut de mécanique céleste et de calcul des éphémérides – Observatoire de Paris, EP 1825 CNRS, 77 avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France
2
Grupo de Estudos em Astronomia-OV/UFRJ and Observatório Nacional/MCT, R. Gal. José Cristino 77, S. Cristovão, R. Janeiro, Brasil
Corresponding author: A. Fienga, fienga@bdl.fr
Received:
10
April
2002
Accepted:
2
July
2002
38 optical counterparts of ICRF sources were observed and positions were deduced using USNO A2.0 stars and stars extracted from the preliminary version of the GSC II catalog, named GSC2.2. These positions were compared to the ICRF positions, and to other published positions of the same optical counterparts. A significant distortion of the USNO A2.0 catalog is revealed for stars fainter than the 11th magnitude and with declinations from 0 to 20 deg. On the other hand, the preliminary version of the GSC II catalog shows a very good external accuracy and a good homogeneity in right ascension and declination for the observed zones.
Key words: astrometry / catalogs
© ESO, 2002
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