Astronomical imaging: The theory of everything

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1082, Issue , 2008, Pages 331-338

  Hogg, David W ^a   Lang, Dustin ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrometry; Methods: numerical; Methods: statistical; Stars: kinematics; Surveys; Techniques: image processing; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849161100     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3059072     Document Type: Conference Paper

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