Hipparcos, the New Reduction of the Raw Data (Astrophysics and Space Science Library)

Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 12
List of Tables......Page 18
Acronyms......Page 21
Preface......Page 24
Introduction......Page 26
Part I: Introduction to the Hipparcos mission......Page 30
1.1 Overture......Page 31
1.2 The mission......Page 45
1.3 The published data......Page 53
1.4 Concepts of the new reduction......Page 59
2.1 From positions and velocities to astrometric data......Page 66
2.2 The Hipparcos astrometric data......Page 73
2.3 Reconstruction of the along-scan rotation phase......Page 83
2.4 Grid distortions......Page 85
2.5 Astrometric-parameter solutions......Page 90
Part II: Exploring the Hipparcos Astrometric Data......Page 98
3.1 Precisions and accuracies......Page 99
3.2 Correlations......Page 106
3.3 Parallaxes......Page 111
3.4 Proper motions......Page 121
3.5 Disturbed solutions......Page 126
3.6 Comparison with the ICRS......Page 135
4. THE ASTROMETRIC DATA FOR COMPOSITE IMAGES AND ORBITAL BINARIES......Page 139
4.1 The modulated signal for small-separation double stars......Page 140
4.2 Astrometric parameters for double stars......Page 152
4.3 Double stars with two catalogue entries......Page 157
4.4 Variable-brightness of one component......Page 158
4.5 Multiple systems......Page 161
4.6 Orbital motions......Page 163
5.1 Solving for common parameters......Page 169
5.2 Application to star clusters......Page 171
5.3 Calibrating luminosities......Page 189
5.4 Conclusions......Page 202
6.1 Systematic motions......Page 203
6.2 The distribution of nearby stars......Page 212
Part III: A Description of the Contents and Peculiarities of the Hipparcos Photometric Data......Page 222
7.1 The Hipparcos photometric pass bands......Page 223
7.2 Formal errors and variability indicators......Page 228
7.3 Variability analysis......Page 232
7.4 Newly discovered variables......Page 238
Part IV: Hipparcos Attitude Modelling......Page 240
8.1 Dynamics of a rigid body in space......Page 241
8.2 The internal torques and inertia tensor......Page 245
8.3 External torques acting on the satellite......Page 248
8.4 Non-rigidity......Page 258
9.1 Relation between attitude and torque reconstruction......Page 260
9.2 Solar radiation torques......Page 262
9.3 Magnetic torques and the remaining torque variations......Page 270
9.4 Predictability of the environmental torques......Page 272
10.1 Outline of the method......Page 275
10.2 The integration engines......Page 277
10.3 Implementing the gyro data......Page 280
10.4 Implementing the star mapper data......Page 283
10.5 Implementing the IDT transit data......Page 289
10.6 Conclusions......Page 302
Part V: Summary of Selected Spacecraft and Payload Calibration Results......Page 304
11.1 Trend analysis and anomalies......Page 305
11.2 Data coverage and detector response......Page 316
12. PAYLOAD CALIBRATIONS......Page 317
12.1 The optical transfer function......Page 319
12.2 Large-scale geometric-distortion calibration......Page 322
12.3 Photometric calibrations......Page 329
13.1 The on-board clock......Page 346
13.2 Gyro characteristics......Page 352
13.3 Thruster firings and the Centre of Gravity......Page 357
Part VI: The Next Generation......Page 363
14.2 The spacecraft and payload......Page 364
14.3 The mission plan......Page 367
14.4 The astrometric data reduction......Page 369
14.5 The photometric data reduction......Page 370
14.6 The spectroscopic data reduction......Page 375
14.7 Data-analysis challenges......Page 378
14.8 Organization of the data processing and analysis......Page 380
A. Transformations for heliotropic and Tait-Bryant angles......Page 383
B. Spline functions......Page 386
C. Linear Least Squares and Householder Orthogonal Transformations......Page 389
D. Chain solutions, running solutions, and common parameters......Page 392
E. Orbit parameters for binary stars......Page 395
F. Reference orbital parameters......Page 403
G.1 The colour figures......Page 413
G.2 The science data......Page 416
G.3 Payload calibration data......Page 420
G.4 Spacecraft calibration data......Page 426
Bibliography......Page 428
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P......Page 449
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C......Page 451
H......Page 452
K......Page 455
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