Using stars to determine the absolute pointing of the fluorescence detector telescopes of the Pierre Auger Observatory

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 216-231

  De Donato, Cinzia ^a   Prouza, Michael ^b,c   Sanchez, Federico ^d   Santander, Marcos ^e   Camin, Daniel ^a   Garcia, Beatriz ^e   Grassi, Valerio ^a   Grygar, Jiří ^c   Hrabovský, Miroslav ^c   Řídký, Jan ^c   Schovánek, Petr ^c   Trávníček, Petr ^c  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atmospheric fluorescence detector; Long term stability; Telescope's pointing

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; PIXELS; STARS;

ATMOSPHERIC FLUORESCENCE DETECTORS; FLUORESCENCE DETECTOR TELESCOPES; PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY; TELESCOPE POINTING;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 34548511562     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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