Hipparcos, the New Reduction of the Raw Data

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Leeuwen, Floor van (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 350
• Subjects: Physics.; Mechanics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

The new reduction of the Hipparcos data presents a very significant improvement in the overall reliability of the astrometric catalogue derived from this mission. Improvements by up to a factor 4 in the accuracies for in particular brighter stars have been obtained. This has been achieved mainly thr...

Table of Contents:

• to the Hipparcos Mission
• The Hipparcos Mission
• Hipparcos Astrometry
• Exploring the Hipparcos Astrometric Data
• Individual, Single Stars
• The Astrometric Data for Composite Images and Orbital Binaries
• Groups of Single Stars
• Kinematics of the Solar Neighbourhood
• A Description of the Contents and Peculiarities of the Hipparcos Photometric Data
• The Photometric Data
• Hipparcos Attitude Modelling
• A Free-Floating Rigid Body in Space
• The Torques on Hipparcos As Observed Over the Mission
• Fully-Dynamic Attitude Fitting
• Summary of Selected Spacecraft and Payload Calibration Results
• The Mission Timeline
• Payload Calibrations
• Spacecraft-Parameter Calibrations
• The Next Generation
• Gaia.