GPS for Amateur Astronomer: How Wrong Can You Be?

For the purpose of positioning and continuous tracking to celestrial objects using computerised telescope, the geographic position of the telescope to be known to I arcminute accuracy. Quite recently, GPS has been use for telescope positioning. Although GPS derived coordinate is not the geographical...

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Main Author: Subari, Mustafa Din
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Published: Fakulti Kejuruteraan & Sains Geoinformasi, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. 1997
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spelling my.utm.49592010-06-01T03:22:16Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/4959/ GPS for Amateur Astronomer: How Wrong Can You Be? Subari, Mustafa Din T Technology (General) For the purpose of positioning and continuous tracking to celestrial objects using computerised telescope, the geographic position of the telescope to be known to I arcminute accuracy. Quite recently, GPS has been use for telescope positioning. Although GPS derived coordinate is not the geographical coordinate as needed for telescope positioning, further analyses has found that the total error in its derived position amounted to be less than the I arcminute accuracy requirement. Hence, it is O.K. to use GPS for telescope positioning. Fakulti Kejuruteraan & Sains Geoinformasi, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. 1997-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/4959/1/gps.pdf Subari, Mustafa Din (1997) GPS for Amateur Astronomer: How Wrong Can You Be? Buletin Geoinformasi, 2 (1). pp. 83-88. ISSN 1394-7702
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GPS for Amateur Astronomer: How Wrong Can You Be?
description For the purpose of positioning and continuous tracking to celestrial objects using computerised telescope, the geographic position of the telescope to be known to I arcminute accuracy. Quite recently, GPS has been use for telescope positioning. Although GPS derived coordinate is not the geographical coordinate as needed for telescope positioning, further analyses has found that the total error in its derived position amounted to be less than the I arcminute accuracy requirement. Hence, it is O.K. to use GPS for telescope positioning.
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author Subari, Mustafa Din
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author_sort Subari, Mustafa Din
title GPS for Amateur Astronomer: How Wrong Can You Be?
title_short GPS for Amateur Astronomer: How Wrong Can You Be?
title_full GPS for Amateur Astronomer: How Wrong Can You Be?
title_fullStr GPS for Amateur Astronomer: How Wrong Can You Be?
title_full_unstemmed GPS for Amateur Astronomer: How Wrong Can You Be?
title_sort gps for amateur astronomer: how wrong can you be?
publisher Fakulti Kejuruteraan & Sains Geoinformasi, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
publishDate 1997
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/4959/1/gps.pdf
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