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Proper Motion

Proper Motion is the apparent angular displacement of a celestial object on the celestial sphere, distinguished from other types of observed motion by representing the gradual change in position relative to distant background stars over time due to the object's true motion through space.

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Unified Models for Active Galactic Nuclei and Quasars

Robert Antonucci · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 1993 · 3.9K citations

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The USNO-B Catalog

The Astronomical Journal · 2003 · 2.1K citations · Full text

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A SURVEY OF STELLAR FAMILIES: MULTIPLICITY OF SOLAR-TYPE STARS

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2010 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way

Kazunori Akiyama, A. Alberdi, W. Alef et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2022 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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A statistical study of 233 pulsar proper motions

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2005 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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  1. JA
    Jay Anderson

    Space Telescope Science Institute, United States

    48 publications · 3.8K citations

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  2. GG
    G. Gilmore

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    36 publications · 4.7K citations

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  3. AG
    Andrew Gould

    The Ohio State University, United States

    48 publications · 3K citations

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  4. NC
    N. C. Hambly

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    38 publications · 4.3K citations

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  5. MJ
    M. J. Reid

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    40 publications · 6K citations

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  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    86 h-index

    542 publications

    180K citations

  2. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    75 h-index

    532 publications

    43.6K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    72 h-index

    1.3K publications

    175.8K citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    68 h-index

    470 publications

    68K citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    63 h-index

    388 publications

    39.6K citations

  6. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    61 h-index

    321 publications

    47.2K citations

  7. Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

    Bonn, Germany

    60 h-index

    421 publications

    207.5K citations

  8. Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté

    Besançon, France

    53 h-index

    311 publications

    31.7K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 835 publications · 66.5K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    599 publications · 38.8K citations

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  3. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 486 publications · 39K citations

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  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    461 publications · 32.2K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    69 publications · 6.1K citations

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