Recent stellar occultation observations using high-speed, portable camera systems

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 984, Issue , 2008, Pages 91-100

  Gulbis, A A S ^a   Elliot, J L ^a,b   Person, M J ^a   Babcock, B A ^c   Pasachoff, J M ^c   Souza, S P ^c   Zuluaga, C A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eclipse; Occultation; Optical instrumentation; Solar system; Transit

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549089936     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2896950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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