一种测定望远镜极轴偏差的方法

利用望远镜的恒动跟踪，对两颗恒星进行无斗星曝光０．５小时，扣除蒙气差影响，用球面三角方法计算出望远镜极轴指向的偏差在赤经和赤纬方向上的分量，据此对望远镜极轴进行调整，就可以方便地把望远镜极轴指向调整到较高精度。     

一种测定望远镜极轴偏差的方法

利用望远镜的恒动跟踪，对两颗恒星进行无导星曝光０．５小时，扣除蒙气差影响，用球面三角方法计算出望远镜极轴指向的偏差在赤经和赤纬方向上的分量，据此对望远镜极轴进行调整，就可以方便地把望远镜极轴指向调整到较高精度。     

十米天线极轴指向的调整

十米天线为赤道式,极轴的指向直接影响指向跟踪精度,因此需要仔细地进行检测和反复地调整。本文总结了十米天线极轴的检测及调整情况。     

佳木斯66米深空天线指向标校的自动化实现

天线的指向精度是系统的关键指标,影响任务执行的质量。指向改正和标校是提高精度的基本途径。佳木斯66米深空探测系统现有的指向标校工作需要人为制定计划,手动完成大量宇宙天体目标的跟踪扫描,工作期间要不断重复设置目标、操作天线。设计并完成了一套完整的指向标校自动化软件,能够完成标校计划的自动规划和标校观测计划的自动执行,提高了扫描效率,极大地降低了人工操作和干预程度,解放了人力。该系统使标校目标的观测方位和俯仰更加均匀,使结果用于指向改正模型解算时能更好地提高指向精度。     

漂移扫描CCD用于地球同步轨道卫星观测的初步结果

对于地球同步轨道卫星,目前国内主要采用两种观测手段,即小光电望远镜短曝光观测和天文望远镜跟踪恒星(或卫星)观测.事实上,这两种手段都各自存在不足,尤其对于暗弱目标问题更加显著.利用CCD漂移扫描模式和凝视模式相结合观测地球同步轨道卫星具有明显的优势,小口径望远镜(口径约25cm)就能够获得高质量的目标和恒星圆星像与高精度的定位结果.本文重点阐述了获得高精度地球同步轨道卫星光学位置与星等的原理、方法及步骤;最后,利用实测资料的数据处理结果,分析了所获得的地球同步轨道卫星的内部精度及其误差源.     

基于卡尔曼滤波与Camshift的低轨空间变光目标跟踪方法

针对低轨空间变光目标星像形态变化频繁且运动速度快,跟踪目标时很难准确捕获目标位置信息这一难点,提出卡尔曼滤波与Camshift相结合的目标跟踪方法。根据目标的难捕获特性,引入卡尔曼滤波外推对目标进行位置预测,用改进的Camshift跟踪目标,即基于灰度图像单通道的白色提取的目标跟踪方法,实现低轨变光目标稳健跟踪和提高目标捕获率;当目标与恒星瞬间相互遮挡时,用改进的遮挡目标预判方法进行位置预测,同时用卡尔曼滤波的预测位置代替Camshift计算出的目标位置,作为观测位置去更新卡尔曼滤波,实现遮挡目标稳健跟踪和提高目标捕获率。实验结果表明：跟踪目标的可变波门根据目标大小自适应调整,不仅可以实现中高轨目标稳定跟踪,而且对低轨变光目标具有稳健跟踪效果。当目标与恒星瞬间相互遮挡时能稳健跟踪目标,提高跟踪数据的有用率。该方法程序运行速率快,灵敏度高,适用性强,实时性好,具有很好的使用价值和广泛应用前景。     

基于卡尔曼滤波强干扰和瞬间遮挡目标跟踪方法

针对空间目标与恒星的近距离强干扰和瞬间遮挡干扰,不易精确捕获目标位置的问题。提出用卡尔曼滤波预测目标位置并跟踪目标,跟踪波门用改进自适应的可变波门。同时设计新的强干扰和瞬间遮挡目标的预判和跟踪方法,当预判到此类目标时,将卡尔曼滤波的预测值作为观测值跟踪目标,并用目标预测质心对波门质心进行限定修正,从而捕获有用的观测数据。实验发现,该方法能稳健跟踪强干扰和瞬间遮挡目标,提升空间目标的跟踪精度,降低数据错误率,提高数据质量,为捕获轨道位置提供更多更有用的数据。该方法程序运行速率快,具有一定的适用性和科学价值。     

高精度测定外行星位置-可行性及实验

大行星位置的测量是天体测量学中的一项长期而重要的任务。如何在当前形势下高精度测定行星的位置是本文研究方向的最终目标。鉴于太阳系内行星和木星都有新技术进行高精度的位置观测,作者探讨了如何用光学手段高精度测定外行星（土星,天王星和海王星）的位置,提出了用长焦距望远镜ＣＣＤ观测行星卫星和用中天望远镜ＣＣＤ观测暗恒星相配合的思路。因此,对长焦距望远镜ＣＣＤ观测外行星卫星和中天望远镜ＣＣＤ相对观测恒星进行了系统调研,同时也对外行星卫星的理论从观测验证的角度进行了介绍。本文重点介绍了在长焦距望远镜上相对于天王星卫星高精度测定暗恒星的位置。结果表明,相对于天王星卫星确实可以精确测定同一ＣＣＤ视场中暗恒星的位置,位置测量的精度和国外最好的天王星卫星位置测量的精度相当或更高。还介绍了与观测资料的归算有关的天王星和卫星的位置历算。最后,分析了我国从事高精度大行星位置测量的可行性     

地平式望远镜AGU标校模型与仿真试验

地平式望远镜中自动导星单元(Automatic Guiding Unit,AGU)用于导引主视场观测恒星,其视场仅约1'.控制软件需要控制AGU在二维运动,确保选择的参考星能够进入AGU视场;并且当参考星离开原来位置时能够给出偏差值以修正望远镜指向,从而实现主视场对恒星的凝视观测.基于球面投影坐标系分别为AGU的中心指向和像场旋转建立齐次方程修正模型,使得AGU可以按照赤道坐标指向恒星,并且当恒星偏离时能够给出误差值.     

唐宋时期星表精度初探

中国古代的星表工作在唐宋时期有了明显的进步,分析表明,一行观测得到的恒星去极度数据精度是不高的,这可能是这些数据未能反映实际精度的缘故。一行发现了在不同时期观测得到的恒星位置数据之间存在的差异,虽然并未认识到这是由岁差现象上起的,但由此人们开始了对恒星位置的经常性观测,这一发现具有相当重要的意义。宋代的两本星表精度有显的提高,皇You星表的精度接近0.5°,与数据的诸数精度相当,基本上反映了当时恒星观测的精度水平。     

基于SLR精密轨道的天文定位精度分析

利用全球卫星激光测距服务系统(ILRS,International Laser Ranging Service)标准点资料对Ajisai卫星进行精密定轨,残差均方根(RMS)优于3 cm,得到该星的精密轨道.进而对长春站40 cm空间碎片光电望远镜获得的Ajisai卫星的天文定位资料进行精度分析,外符合精度约3″左右.单独利用天文定位数据进行轨道改进,内符合精度优于3″.改进轨道的x、y、z坐标3分量在观测数据覆盖范围内的精度在100 m之内.同样地对Jason-1卫星作数据分析,结果和Ajisai卫星精度相当.分析各个弧段的精度变化,发现定标星个数减少,会导致天文定位精度下降.据此提出可以把最少定标星比例作为评定数据质量的参考指标之一.     

The Astrometric Imaging Telescope: Detection of planetary systems with imaging and astrometry

The Astrometric Imaging Telescope (AIT) is a proposed spaceborne observatory whose primary goal is the detection and study of extra-solar planetary systems. It contains two instruments that use complementary techniques to address the goal. The first instrument, the Coronagraphic Imager, takes direct images of nearby stars and Jupiter-size planets. It uses a telescope with scattering-compensated optics and a high-efficiency coronagraph to separate reflected planet light from the central star light. Planet detections take hours; confirmations occur in months. With a program duration of about 2 years, about 50 stars are observed. The second instrument, the Astrometric Photometer, shares the same telescope and focal plane. It uses a Ronchi ruling that is translated across the focal plane to simultaneously measure the positions of each target star and about 25 reference stars with sufficient accuracy to detect Uranus-mass planets around hundreds of stars. Enough stars of several spectral types are observed to obtain a statistically significant measurement of the prevalence of planetary systems. This observing program takes about 10 years to complete. The combination of both instruments in a single telescope system results from a number of innovative solutions that are described in this paper.Paper presented at the Conference onPlanetary Systems: Formation, Evolution, and Detection held 7–10 December, 1992 at CalTech, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.     

整体平差方法在CCD天体测量中的应用

回顾了基于底片重叠观测的整体平差方法的发展历史和应用概况，分析了该方法应用于底片资料处理没有取得预期效果的原因，介绍了小视场CCD重叠观测的整体平差研究进展．分析与实测资料归算表明，整体平差方法可以在CCD资料处理中充分发挥作用，在保证长焦距、小底片比例尺的同时，通过对CCD重叠观测的整体平差(相当于扩大观测视场)，可覆盖更多的参考星，进而达到改善局部参考架、提高归算结果精度的目的。     

射电源0716 714和0839 187的光学定位

利用北京天文台具有ＣＣＤ终端的６０ｃｍ光学望远镜（Ｖ波段）观测射电源的光学对应体，得到了０７１６＋７１４和０８３９＋１８７精确的光学位置。参考星表采用拉帕尔玛（ＬａＰａｌｍａ）的１８ｃｍ全自动子午环观测资料编制的ＣＡＭＣ星表，该星表是ＦＫ５星表系统。两颗源位置的内符精度约为０．″１９，与其他作者给出的光学和射电位置观测结果分别进行了比较     

Techniques for positional measurements of telescopic meteor TV images

We present the results of our positional reduction of the observational material obtained using a meteor patrol based on a Schmidt telescope and a TV CCD detector. More that 1000 telescopic meteors were recorded in three years of meteor patrolling. Techniques for the cataloging and positional reduction of 3050 TV images with meteor trails are described. We have developed a technique for measuring the images of reference stars to determine the rectangular coordinates in the image frame. We discuss the achieved accuracy of determining the equatorial coordinates of reference and check stars by Turner’s method (of the order of a few arcseconds). We have developed software that allows the rectangular coordinates of meteor trajectory points to be determined after the meteor image reduction. These coordinates are used to determine the equatorial coordinates of the poles of the great circles of meteor trajectories (the angular length is not less than 15′ with an accuracy of at least 4′. We consider the possibility of using Stanyukovich’s method to determine the equatorial coordinates of radiants for non-basis meteor observations. The accuracy of determining the radiant coordinates has been estimated to be 4′–5′. Prospects for obtaining the kinematic characteristics of meteor particles are discussed.     

CCD图像数字定心算法的比较

从CCD采集的数字图像中提取天体的位置和光度信息对于天文研究具有基础意义.其中,恒星星像中心像素位置的精确测量对于天体测量至关重要.针对国际上常用的三种位置测量算法:修正矩方法、Gauss拟合法和中值法,利用实测的CCD图像进行了试验研究.具体地,采用云南天文台1m望远镜观测的CCD图像同时使用这些算法进行了实际测量,根据每幅图像中测得的像素位置,对这三类定心算法进行了比较和精度分析.可视化方法被用于不同阈值的选取和设定比较.实验数据表明,无阈值的二维Gauss拟合方法是一种精度相对较高的定心算法.     

Doing Research on Eclipsing Binary Stars with Small Telescopes and PC computers

Astronomical research with a small telescope (20 cm – 40 cm) has always been a challenging problem. The invention of CCD cameras and personal computers has now put this question to past as small telescopes can do good and practicle science. This paper describes the use of small telescope in the study of eclipsing binary stars. Binary stars play an important role as astrophysical laboratories in our quest to understand the evolution and structure of stars. The most useful aspects of research with a small telescope in binary star research is; 1) as a viable teaching laboratory for begining students 2) to teach and learn the fundamental observational techniques that are common to many types of astronomical research areas 3) as a starting point to initiate research programs in observational astronomy, optics, instrumentation, computational astrophysics and 4) as a foundation to develop an infrastructure and technical know how for larger telescope facility. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Analysis of Error Sources in STEP Astrometrytwo

The space telescope Search for Terrestrial Exo-Planets (STEP) employed a method of sub-pixel technology which ensures that the astrometric accuracy of the telescope on the focal plane is at the order of 1 μas. This kind of astrometric precision is promising to detect the earth-like planets beyond the solar system. In this paper, we analyze the influence of some key factors, including the errors in the stellar proper motion, parallax, the optical center of the system, and the velocity and position of the satellite, on the detection of exoplanets. We propose a relative angular distance method to evaluate the non-linear terms in the variation of star-pair's angular distance caused by the possibly existing exoplanet. This method could avoid the direct influence of measuring errors of the position and proper motion of the reference stars. Supposing that there are eight reference stars and a target star with a planet system in the same field of view, we simulate their five-year observational data, and use the least square method to get the parameters of the planet orbit. Our results show that the method is robust to detect terrestrial planets based on the 1 μas precision of STEP.     

Studying Blazhko RR Lyrae stars with the 24‐inch telescope of the Konkoly Observatory

About a dozen field RR Lyrae stars have been observed with the 24‐inch Heyde‐Zeiss telescope of the Konkoly Observatory at Svábhegy, Budapest, since its refurbishment in 2003. Most of the observing time is allocated for the investigation of the Blazhko modulation, a phenomenon that still does not have a satisfactory explanation. The obtained multicolour CCD observations are unique in extent. The accuracy of the measurements makes it possible to detect low amplitude modulation of the light curve as well. The discovery of Blazhko stars with low modulation amplitudes warns that the incidence rate of the Blazhko modulation is, in fact, much larger than it was previously expected. This makes the efforts exploring the cause of the modulation even more important. A summary of our measurements and results achieved during the last 3 years is presented. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Speckle interferometry as a method for detecting nearby extrasolar planets

The applicability of the technique of speckle interferometry to the problem of detecting faint planetary and stellar objects around nearby stars is considered. Direct resolution could not be expected to reveal planetary objects, although many faint stellar objects should be detectable with a speckle camera of large dynamic range. The most promising possibilities lie with the approximately 100 nearby visual binaries with separations ?3 arcsec. Continued speckle interferometric observation of these systems could detect perturbations with amplitudes similar to those detectable by an ideal astrometric telescope. A simple scheme for measurement the fringe spacing in the composite spatial frequency power spectrum of the visual binary Eta Orionis indicates that relative separations with accuracies of 0″.002 in each coordinate are attainable. Use as reference stars of faint background stars lying within the isoplanatic patch of a nearby star is also considered.