 Hall of Precision Astrometry: References
General Information About the History of Photography,
Astrometry, and Photometry:
De Vaucouleurs, Gerard, Astronomical Photography.
London: Faber and Faber, 1961. Interesting information about the
development of photographic techniques.
Hearnshaw, J. B., The Measurement of Starlight.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Detailed information about the
history and methods of photometry.
Høg, Eric, and Seidelmann, P. Kenneth, Astronomical
and Astrophysical Objectives of Sub-millimeter Optical Astronomy
Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994.
Kovalevsky, Jean, Modern Astrometry. Berlin:
Springer-Verlag, 1995. Great overview of how astrometry is
done, as well as future prospects for the field. Now slightly dated; the Seidelmann and Kovalevsky book might contain more current information.
Mitchell, S. A., "Parallaxes
of 260 Stars",
Publications of the Leander McCormick Observatory of the University
of Virginia, Vol. III, 1921. A good history of astrometry, both in
general and at the University of Virginia.
Perrine, C. D., "Some
Results of a Study of the Grain and Structure of Photographic
Films", Lick Observatory Bulletin, Vol. 143: 50,
1908. (Abstract available online from "Some
Results of the Study of the Structure of Photographic Films",
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol
20, 264, 1908.)
Seidelmann, P. Kenneth, and Kovalevsky, Jean, Fundamentals
of Astrometry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Most
recent review
Walker, Gordon, Astronomical Observations Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1987.
Information About Measuring Engines:
Bourland, James, "Derivation of Proper Motion and Parallax
for Boss 2199" Senior Thesis at the University of Virginia, 1984.
Detailed description of how the McCormick Observatory Grant Engine was used.
Dennison, Edwin W., "The Grant Measuring Engine",
Image Processing Techniques In Astronomy (Conference Proceedings),
edited by C. De Jager and H. Nieuwenhuijezen, 1975.
Fried, Bart, "The Masterful Techniques of John
A. Brashear" Sky and Telescope Vol. 81:432, 1991.
Klinglesmith, Daniel A. (editor), Astronomical
Microdensitometry Conference. NASA Conference Publication 2317,
1983.
MacGillivray, H. T., and Thomson, E. B., editors.
Digitized Optical Sky Surveys Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic
Publishers, 1991.
Miczaika, G. R., and Sinton, William M., Tools of the
Astronomer. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1961. Has
general information about densitometers, photometers, and spectroscopy
comparators.
Saunders, David R., Automation of the Leander McCormick
Grant Measuring Engine Thesis in Humanities 402, University of
Virginia, November, 1991. Nice description of the Grant Engine and its
use.
Schlesinger, Frank, "Photographic Determinations of Stellar
Parallax Made with the Yerkes Refractor. II."
Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 33: 8, 1911. Description of his
design of the first Gaertner Measuring Engine.
Schlesinger, Frank, "A Description of the Large Screw
Measuring Engine of the Allegheny Observatory."
Publications of the Allegheny Observatory, Vol. 3: 83.
Description of the first Gaertner Measuring Engine.
Van De Kamp, Peter, Principles of Astrometry San
Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1967. Basic information about
early measuring engines and the process of finding parallaxes and proper
motions.
Van De Kamp, Peter, Stellar Paths. Dordrecht:
D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1981. Pages 10-12 are about the Grant
Measuring Engine.
Specific Information About Leander McCormick Observatory History
and Research:
Bourland, James, "Derivation of Proper Motion and Parallax
for Boss 2199" Senior Thesis at the University of Virginia, 1984.
Detailed description of how the McCormick Observatory Grant Engine was used.
Mitchell, S. A., "Parallaxes
of 260 Stars",
Publications of the Leander McCormick Observatory of the University
of Virginia, Vol. III, 1921. Wonderful history of astrometry at the
observatory and in general.
Mitchell, S. A., Alden, H. L. and others, "Observations
of Long Period Variables made with the 26-inch Refractor",
Publications of the Leander McCormick Observatory of the University
of Virginia, Vol. VI, part I, 1935. Information on how the
photometry program was begun at the observatory.
Mitchell, S. A., "Magnitudes
and Coordinates of Comparison Stars in Regions of Long Period
Variables", Publications of the Leander McCormick
Observatory of the University of Virginia, Vol. VI, part II, 1935.
Information on how photometry was carried out at the observatory.
Mitchell, S. A., Leander McCormick Observatory of the
University of Virginia. Charlottesville, Virginia: 1947. A really
nice history of the observatory and Mitchell's place in it, written upon
his retirement.
Saunders, David R., Automation of the Leander McCormick
Grant Measuring Engine Thesis in Humanities 402, University of
Virginia, November, 1991. Nice description of the Grant Engine and its
use.
Van De Kamp, Peter, "Samuel Alfred Mitchell, Solar and
Stellar Astronomer",
Science, Vol. 132, no. 3422, pages 281-282. July 29,
1960.
Reports of the Director of the Leander McCormick
Observatory. Contains information about what research was done by
whom at the observatory during each year.
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