by Kaz Borkowski
The measured offsets were initially corrected for such known effects as the nutation, UT1 – UTC difference, polar motion and aberration, and then a few simple statistics were calculated. The results are presented below in the form of figures.
Fig. 1: Pointing errors as a function
of azimuth. Note the z-coordinate (zenith distance) errors being displayed
shifted by -0.015°. The standard deviations and means given in brackets
at the figure top are those found in Autumn 2006 measurements.
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Fig. 2: The same (as in Fig. 1) pointing
errors but plotted as a function of elevation (note that here no shift has been
applied to zenith distance data).
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One notes an obvious systematic error of about 0.01° in average azimuth coordinate
and the standard deviation of the same data that are more than twice as large as
just a year earlier.
There seem to be present also other, although less prenounced, systematic features
in all the distributions.
Posted: 2008.01.31 | Last modified: 2008.01.31 |