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Astronomical Refraction

Astronomical Refraction is the angular displacement of a celestial object's observed position from its true position due to the bending of light rays as they pass through Earth's atmosphere, resulting from gradients in atmospheric density and refractive index.

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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 Gaussian Plasma Lens in Astrophysics: Refraction

The Astrophysical Journal · 1998 · 132 citations · Full text

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The Gaussian Plasma Lens in Astrophysics: Refraction

CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 1997 · 115 citations

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GLANCING VIEWS OF THE EARTH: FROM A LUNAR ECLIPSE TO AN EXOPLANETARY TRANSIT

The Astrophysical Journal · 2012 · 100 citations · Full text

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An Accurate Method for Computing Atmospheric Refraction

Ronald C. Stone · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 1996 · 94 citations

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Authors

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  1. AE
    A. E. Peterson

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    2 publications · 22 citations

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  2. EP
    Edward P. Lozowski

    University of Alberta, Canada

    2 publications · 22 citations

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  3. BG
    Boris Garfinkel

    Yale University, United States

    2 publications · 90 citations

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  4. RD
    Russell D. Sampson

    Eastern Connecticut State University, United States

    2 publications · 22 citations

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  5. FW
    Fan Wang

    University of Science and Technology of China, China

    1 publications · 34 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    214 citations

  2. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    89 citations

  3. Eastern Connecticut State University

    Willimantic, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    42 citations

  4. Université Côte d'Azur

    Nice, France

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    79 citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    70 citations

  6. Beihang University

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    148 citations

  7. Neurobehavioral Research Laboratory and Clinic

    San Antonio, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    247 citations

  8. United States Naval Observatory

    Flagstaff, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    247 citations

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  1. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 6 publications · 241 citations

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  2. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

    PASP · 5 publications · 957 citations

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  3. Applied Optics

    5 publications · 152 citations

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  4. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 5 publications · 355 citations

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  5. Astronomische Nachrichten

    2 publications · 48 citations

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