Two centuries of image quality estimates from double-star data

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Volumn 120, Issue 866, 2008, Pages 465-473

  Racine, René ^a   Wesemael, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 49249094478     PISSN: 00046280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587946     Document Type: Article

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