Observations from Australasia using the Gravitational Microlensing Technique
The new astronomical technique of gravitational microlensing enables measurements of high precision to be made in certain circumstances. Useful advances have been made in the fields of galactic astronomy, stellar astronomy and planetary science. The technique is best suited to the southern sky, and...
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1999
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9908198 https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9908198 |
| Summary: | The new astronomical technique of gravitational microlensing enables measurements of high precision to be made in certain circumstances. Useful advances have been made in the fields of galactic astronomy, stellar astronomy and planetary science. The technique is best suited to the southern sky, and several observations have been made from Australasia. A sample of these observations is described here. A case is also made for a telescope at the Antarctic dedicated to gravitational microlensing. : 10 pages, 15 GIF Figures |
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