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Astronomical Coordinates

Astronomical Coordinates is a geodetic reference system that specifies the angular position of a point on the Earth's surface relative to the celestial sphere, defined by its latitude and longitude derived from direct astronomical observations of star transits.

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Astronomical algorithms

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 848 citations

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The importance of atmospheric differential refraction in spectrophotometry

A. V. Filippenko · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 1982 · 794 citations · Full text

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The Updated Zwicky Catalog (UZC)

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 1999 · 476 citations · Full text

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Representations of celestial coordinates in FITS

M. R. Calabretta, E. W. Greisen · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2002 · 431 citations · Full text

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Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements of the Planets and Satellites

M. E. Davies, V. K. Abalakin, C. A. Cross et al. · Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy · 1980 · 428 citations

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Authors

294

  1. PK
    P. K. Seidelmann

    United States Naval Observatory, United States

    11 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. VK
    V. K. Abalakin

    United States Naval Observatory, United States

    6 publications · 692 citations

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  3. JH
    J. H. Lieske

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    6 publications · 320 citations

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  4. ME
    Merton E. Davies

    RAND Corporation, United States

    6 publications · 278 citations

    6

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  5. YS
    Y. S. Tjuflin

    Royal Observatory in Greenwich, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 660 citations

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Institutions

148

  1. United States Naval Observatory

    Flagstaff, United States

    15 h-index

    18 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    995 citations

  3. Institute of Applied Astronomy

    Saint Petersburg, Russia

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. RAND Corporation

    Santa Monica, United States

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. Observatoire de Paris

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    3.7K citations

  6. Royal Observatory in Greenwich

    London, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    960 citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 14 publications · 426 citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

    11 publications · 867 citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    11 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 8 publications · 582 citations

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  5. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

    7 publications · 974 citations

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