Inertial Coordinate System on the Sky: Proceedings of the 141st Symposium of the International Astronomical Union Held in Leningrad, U.S.S.R., October 17–21, 1989

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Introductory Remarks....Pages 3-4
Concluding Remarks....Pages 5-6
The Legacy of the Struves for the Establishment of an Inertial Coordinate System on the Sky....Pages 7-13
Pulkovo Observatory’s Status in 19th Century Positional Astronomy....Pages 15-24
L’arc Geodesique Le Plus Long: Delisle, Les Struve et L’Observatoire de Pulkovo....Pages 25-28
Pulkovo Observatory and the National Observatory Movement: An Historical Overview....Pages 29-38
The Past, Present and Future of Reference Systems for Astronomy and Geodesy....Pages 39-46
The IAU Working Group on Reference Systems....Pages 47-50
The Origin of Celestial Coordinates....Pages 51-59
Front Matter....Pages 61-62
The Pulkovo Programme for the Study of Visual Double Stars....Pages 63-64
On the Use of Statistical Parallaxes for the Proper Motion Reductions....Pages 65-66
Absolute Determinations of Star Declinations from Pole to Pole....Pages 67-67
On the Photographic Vertical Catalog....Pages 68-68
On the Programme of Ground-Based Observations of Bright Selected Minor Planets for 1991–2000....Pages 69-71
Complex Geodynamical Investigations in the Area of the USSR Academy of Sciences Central Astronomical Observatory at Pulkovo....Pages 72-72
Pulkovo Programme for the Photographic Observations of Satellites of Planets....Pages 73-74
 Confor : A New Program for Determining the Connection between Radio and Optical Reference Frames....Pages 75-76
A Proposal for Astrometric Observations from Space....Pages 77-80
On the Creation of a New Catalogue for USSR Time Service....Pages 81-82
On Δδ α Systematic Errors of the FK5....Pages 83-83
Front Matter....Pages 61-62
On the Organization of Absolute Coordinate Determination of the FK5 Stars....Pages 84-84
The FK4 Orientation Parameters Derived from Photographic and VLBI Observations of Radio/Optical Objects....Pages 85-86
Equator and Ecliptic FK5 Positions on the Basis of Sun and Planets Observations by the Ertel-Struve Vertical Circle at the Kislovodsk Mount Station....Pages 87-87
The Nikolaev Axial Meridian Circle: The Present and Future Status....Pages 88-88
On the Progress of the Construction of the Sukharev Meridian Automatic Horizontal Instrument (MAHIS)....Pages 89-89
Constructions of Astrometric Instrumentation at Pulkovo Observatory....Pages 91-92
Positional Observations of Components of Triple Stars for the Hipparcos and HST Missions....Pages 93-93
Problem of Using Lunar Positional Observations for Determination of Zero-Points of Fundamental Star Catalogues....Pages 93-93
Density Function of the FK4 Systematic Errors....Pages 94-94
On the Tie of Astrometric Radio Sources to the FK4 System with Zenith Telescope ZTL-180 Observations....Pages 94-94
Circle-Reading Device of the Meridian Instrument with Self-Installed Zero-Point....Pages 94-94
Modified Method of Krejnin and Murri for the Determination of Absolute Declinations....Pages 95-95
On the Definition of an “Inertial Coordinate System”....Pages 95-95
Contribution of Soviet-Bolivian Astronomical Observatory in the Construction of the Inertial Coordinate System....Pages 96-96
The Problem of the Leveling of the Reserved Net of ARCS at the Celestial Sphere by the Construction of the Reference Coordinate System....Pages 96-96
Front Matter....Pages 97-98
The Celestial Reference System in Relativistic Framework....Pages 99-110
General Relativistic Description of Celestial Reference Frames....Pages 111-114
Relativistic Reference Frames of Local Observer and Space Radiointerferometer....Pages 115-117
The Optimum Conventional Terrestrial System Determined by VLBI and SLR Stations....Pages 118-118
The Celestial System of the International Earth Rotation Service....Pages 119-128
Front Matter....Pages 97-98
A New Concept of Constructing an Accurate Coordinate System from Ground-Based Optical Observations....Pages 129-130
Transformation of the Mean Place from FK4 to FK5....Pages 131-136
The Computation of Mean Positions and Proper Motions....Pages 137-140
Can We Define an Inertial Reference System?....Pages 141-141
The Role of Observation with Horizontal Meridian Circle in China for Establishing an Inertial Frame....Pages 142-142
On the Problem of the Development of Astronomical Refraction Methodology on the Basis of New Technology....Pages 142-142
Determination of Refraction and Progress of Fundamental Astrometry....Pages 143-144
Precision of Studies from Astrometric Observations: Recent Progress and Future Prospects....Pages 145-146
Nutation Theory for a Non-Rigid Earth: Present Status and Future Prospects....Pages 147-147
Proposals for an Improved Nutation Formula....Pages 148-148
The Results of the Reconstruction of the Coefficients of the Nutation for the Rigid Earth Model and their Comparison with Numerical Integration....Pages 149-152
The Determination of the Principal Nutation Terms from the Observations with ZTF–135 in 1948.7–1989.0....Pages 153-154
Corrections to the IAU 1980 Nutation Series from LAGEOS Observations....Pages 155-155
Oceanic Influences on the Angular Velocity of the Earth....Pages 156-156
The Program Complex “Kiev—Geodynamic R1”....Pages 156-156
Current State of the Theory of Nutation....Pages 156-156
The Study of the Structure of 142-Year Series of Pole Coordinates....Pages 157-159
Determination of Nutation Based on Observations with the Pulkovo Polar Tube....Pages 160-160
Can the Core-Mantle Boundary Topography Influence the Earth’s Nutation?....Pages 161-162
On the Calculation of Low Frequency Oscillations of the Earth’s Core....Pages 163-164
Front Matter....Pages 97-98
The Mean Pole of the Moon’s Rotational Axis and General Selenocentric Coordinate System....Pages 165-165
On the Astrometrical Methods....Pages 166-166
Reference Surfaces and Global Figure Parameters of the Terrestrial Planetary Bodies....Pages 167-168
Possible Contributions of Classical Astrometric Instrument to the Study of Geoscience and Requirements on Star Catalogues....Pages 169-172
Dynamical Reference Frames in the Planetary and Earth-Moon Systems....Pages 173-181
The Main Stages of the Construction of AE89—The Numerical Ephemeris of the Planets and the Moon....Pages 183-185
Effect of the New Equinox Definition on the Zero-Point of Longitude of the Indian Calendar....Pages 186-186
The Construction of a Frame of Homogeneous Accuracy Based on Space Observations....Pages 186-186
High Accuracy Algorithms of Numerical Prediction of the Motion of Solar System Bodies....Pages 187-188
On the Errors of the Ephemerides Derived from Optical Observations of Planets....Pages 189-190
Difference Between Dynamic and Stellar Reference Frames: Results Based on Astrometric Observations of Martian Satellites....Pages 191-193
The Possibility to Link Radio and Optical Reference Frames with Artificial Satellites....Pages 194-194
Ancient Chinese Astronomical Observations Related to the Stellar Background on the Sky....Pages 195-196
Sidereal Years—Catalogue Uses in Archaeoastronomy....Pages 197-198
Improved Method for Orbital Elements Differential Correction.....Pages 199-200
On the Lunar Secular Acceleration: A Possible Approach....Pages 201-202
Fluctuations of the Earth’s Rotation by Stellar Occultations....Pages 203-204
Systematic Astrometric Errors in Pulsar Timing....Pages 205-212
Pulsar Astrometry—Availabilities and Relativistic Aspects of a Pulsar Reference Frame....Pages 213-216
 POINTS : A Global Reference Frame Opportunity....Pages 217-228
Front Matter....Pages 97-98
Relativistic Reduction of Astrometric Observations at Points Level of Accuracy....Pages 229-240
Astrometric Interferometry— Can it Establish a Fundamental System?....Pages 241-250
Front Matter....Pages 251-252
The Definition and Stability of Local Inertial Reference Frames....Pages 253-260
An Extragalactic Reference Frame from DSN VLBI Measurements—1989....Pages 261-270
Realization of an Inertial Reference Frame from Mark III VLBI....Pages 271-280
A Progress Report on the Establishment of the Radio/Optical Reference Frame....Pages 281-284
Corrections to the Luni-Solar Precession from Radio Positions of Extragalactic Objects....Pages 285-292
Dedicated Soviet VLBI-Network “QUASAR”....Pages 293-294
A New Approach to the Construction of a Compiled Catalogue of Positions of Extragalactic Radio Sources....Pages 295-296
In-Orbit Status of the Hipparcos Astrometry Mission....Pages 297-305
The TYCHO Project on-board the HIPPARCOS Satellite....Pages 307-310
Hipparcos and Reference Systems....Pages 311-321
A Strategy for Linking Hipparcos to an Extra-Galactic Reference Frame....Pages 323-328
The Reference Frame Determined from the Observation of Minor Planets by Hipparcos....Pages 329-336
On the Improvement of the System of Fundamental Catalogues Based on Asteroid Observations....Pages 337-338
Expectations for Astrometry with the Hubble Space Telescope....Pages 339-346
Space Astrometry and the HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera....Pages 347-354
The Lomonosov Project for Space Astrometry....Pages 355-360
Regatta-Astro Project: Astrometric Studies from Small Space Laboratory....Pages 361-366
On the Role of Star Catalogues for Autonomous Space Navigation....Pages 367-368
Front Matter....Pages 251-252
The USNO (Flagstaff Station) CCD Transit Telescope and Star Positions Measured from Extragalactic Sources....Pages 369-370
The FK5: Present Status and Some Derived Results....Pages 371-381
Celestial Coordinate System and the FK5 Catalogue....Pages 383-384
Systematic Differences Instrument Minus FK5 in the Southern Hemisphere....Pages 385-386
Effect of the FK5-FK4 Catalogue Corrections for the Observations of the Photoelectric Astrolabe at Shanghai Observatory....Pages 387-388
Differences in Changes of Borowiec Geographical Coordinates Caused by the Replacement of FK4 Catalogue by FK5....Pages 389-390
Optical reference frame defined by Carlsberg Meridian Catalogue La Palma Number 4....Pages 391-401
First Results from the New Micrometer on the Carlsberg Automatic Meridian Circle....Pages 403-405
The Construction of 4 Dense Astrometric Standard Areas with the Carlsberg Automatic Meridian Circle....Pages 406-406
Proper Motions with Respect to the Extragalactic Reference Frame....Pages 407-417
The Yale-San Juan Southern Proper Motion Program (SPM)....Pages 419-426
Correction to Absolute Proper Motion Using The IAS-Galaxy Model....Pages 427-429
Physical Data of the Fundamental Stars....Pages 430-430
Realization of the Local Inertial Geocentric Frame in Relativity....Pages 430-430
The General Catalogue of Stellar Proper Motion with Respect to Galaxies with Astrophysic Supplement....Pages 431-432
Faint Reference Stars....Pages 433-442
Astrometry with the Tautenburg Schmidt Telescope....Pages 443-448
Comparison of Astrometrical Accuracy of Big Schmidt Telescopes....Pages 449-450
Determination of Absolute Proper Motions by Use of Automated Measurements of Tautenburg Plates....Pages 451-452
Optical Astrometry of Extragalactic Radio Sources with the Tautenburg Schmidt Telescope....Pages 453-454
Front Matter....Pages 251-252
CCD Parallaxes for Faint Southern High Proper Motion Stars....Pages 455-455
A Comparison of the Accuracy of the Determination of Right Ascension by Means of Transit Instruments of Different Types....Pages 456-456
Individual Star Catalogues of the Unified Time Service of Kharkov Scientific and Research Institute and Kharkov University Astronomical Observatory....Pages 456-456
The Kharkov Right Ascension Catalog of Double Stars and High Luminosity Stars for the Declination Zone +30° to +90°....Pages 456-456
The SRS Catalog of 20, 488 Star Positions Culmination of an International Cooperative Effort....Pages 457-463
PPM: A Tool for Astronomers....Pages 465-467
The System of the PPM Catalogue....Pages 469-478
The Machine-Readable Durchmusterungen: Classical Catalogs in Contemporary Form....Pages 479-481
The Second Cape Photographic Catalogue: CPC2....Pages 482-482
An Astrometric Catalog of Four Million Stars....Pages 482-482
A Comprehensive Astrometric Data Base: An Instrument for Combining Earth-Bound Observations with Hipparcos Data....Pages 483-488
A Presentation of the Work Performed with the Belgrade Large Meridian Circle During the Period 1968–1988....Pages 489-490
The Flagstaff Measuring Machine....Pages 491-492
Current Status of the Project of Photographic Fourfold Coverage of the Northern Hemisphere of Sky....Pages 493-494
Third Preliminary Catalogue of Stars Observed with the Photoelectric Astrolabe....Pages 495-496
The Establishment of an Astrometric Standard Region in the NGP: Star Catalogue....Pages 497-498
Research on the Errors in Determination of Precise Optical Positions of Radio Sources....Pages 499-500
Torino Programme on Radiosources Astrometry: Progress Report....Pages 501-502
Occultation of Radio Sources for the Linkage of Radio and Stellar Reference Frames....Pages 503-511
Comparison of optical and radio positions of stars....Pages 513-514
Front Matter....Pages 251-252
Comparison of Proper Motions of Stars from AGK3 and Special Compiled Catalogue in Regions with Galaxies....Pages 515-516
An Advanced Astrometric Sensor Array....Pages 517-518
Modernization of Chinese Photoelectric Astrolabes and Improvement of Optical Reference System....Pages 519-520
Back Matter....Pages 521-528