Astronomical refraction: Formulas for all zenith distances

Astronomische Nachrichten

Volumn 318, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 305-312

  Wittmann, Axel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earth atmosphere; Refraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031498260     PISSN: 00046337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asna.2113180507     Document Type: Article

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