Knowledge

International Celestial Reference System and its realizations

Source 📝

274: 216:(μas) and a reference axis stability of approximately 20 μas; this was an order-of-magnitude improvement over the previous reference frame derived from (FK5). The ICRF1 contains 212 defining sources and also contains positions of 396 additional non-defining sources for reference. The positions of these sources have been adjusted in later extensions to the catalogue. ICRF1 agrees with the orientation of the Fifth Fundamental Catalog (FK5) " 1501: 187:. In August 2021 the International Astronomical Union decided in Resolution B3 of its XXXIst General Assembly "that as from 1 January 2022, the fundamental realization of the International Celestial Reference System (ICRS) shall comprise the Third Realization of the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF3) for the radio domain and the Gaia-CRF3 for the optical domain." 1525: 1477: 1513: 1489: 947:
Fey, A. L.; Gordon, D.; Jacobs, C. S.; Ma, C.; Gaume, R. A.; Arias, E. F.; Bianco, G.; Boboltz, D. A.; Böckmann, S.; Bolotin, S.; Charlot, P.; Collioud, A.; Engelhardt, G.; Gipson, J.; Gontier, A.-M.; Heinkelmann, R.; Kurdubov, S.; Lambert, S.; Lytvyn, S.; MacMillan, D. S.; Malkin, Z.; Nothnagel, A.;
144:
It is useful to distinguish reference systems and reference frames. A reference frame has been defined as "a catalogue of the adopted coordinates of a set of reference objects that serves to define, or realize, a particular coordinate frame". A reference system is a broader concept, encompassing "the
252:
effects. The observations resulted in about 6.5 million group-delay measurements among pairs of telescopes. The group delays were processed with software that takes into account atmospheric and geophysical processes. The positions of the reference sources were treated as unknowns to be solved for by
713:
A reference system ... defines the origin and fundamental planes (or axes) of the coordinate system. It also specifies all of the constants, models, and algorithms used to transform between observable quantities and reference data that conform to the system. A reference frame consists of a set of
240:. ICRF2 is defined by the position of 295 compact radio sources (97 of which also define ICRF1). Alignment of ICRF2 with ICRF1-Ext2, the second extension of ICRF1, was made with 138 sources common to both reference frames. Including non-defining sources, it comprises 3414 sources measured using 351:
catalogue were aligned with the extragalactic radio frame. In August 1997, the International Astronomical Union recognized in Resolution B2 of its XXIIIrd General Assembly "That the Hipparcos Catalogue was finalized in 1996 and that its coordinate frame is aligned to that of the frame of the
244:. The ICRF2 has a noise floor of approximately 40 μas and an axis stability of approximately 10 μas. Maintenance of the ICRF2 will be accomplished by a set of 295 sources that have especially good positional stability and unambiguous spatial structure. 819: 247:
The data used to derive the reference frame come from approximately 30 years of VLBI observations, from 1979 to 2009. Radio observations in both the S-band (2.3 GHz) and X-band (8.4 GHz) were recorded simultaneously to allow correction for
285:
of the solar system, a new feature over and above ICRF2. ICRF3 also includes measurements at three frequency bands, providing three independent, and slightly different, realizations of the ICRS: dual frequency measurements at 8.4 GHz
318:
band) for 678 sources. Of these, 303 sources, uniformly distributed on the sky, are identified as "defining sources" which fix the axes of the frame. ICRF3 also increases the number of defining sources in the southern sky.
45:, with axes that are intended to "show no global rotation with respect to a set of distant extragalactic objects". This fixed reference system differs from previous reference systems, which had been based on 435:-CRF3 had "largely superseded the Hipparcos Catalogue" and was "de facto the optical realization of the Celestial Reference Frame within the astronomical community." Consequently, the IAU decided that 352:
extragalactic sources with one sigma uncertainties of ±0.6 milliarcseconds (mas)" and resolved "that the Hipparcos Catalogue shall be the primary realization of the ICRS at optical wavelengths."
383:, appeared in 2018 and has been described as "the first full-fledged optical realisation of the ICRS, that is to say, an optical reference frame built only on extragalactic sources." The axes of 233: 458: 1417: 161:, distributed around the entire sky. Because they are so distant, they are apparently stationary to our current technology, yet their positions can be measured very accurately by 237: 463: 339:
recommended "that observing programmes be undertaken or continued in order to ... determine the relationship between catalogues of extragalactic source positions and ... the
281:
ICRF3 is the third major revision of the ICRF, and was adopted by the IAU in August 2018 and became effective 1 January 2019. The modeling incorporates the effect of the
714:
identifiable fiducial points on the sky (specific astronomical objects), along with their coordinates, that serves as the practical realization of a reference system.
1384:(Technical report). Frankfurt am Main: International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) and Verlag des Bundesamts für Kartographie und Geodäsie. 176:
resolved in Resolution B2 of its XXIIIrd General Assembly "that the Hipparcos Catalogue shall be the primary realization of the ICRS at optical wavelengths." The
68:) is a realization of the International Celestial Reference System using reference celestial sources observed at radio wavelengths. In the context of the ICRS, a 770:
Ma, C.; Arias, E. F.; Eubanks, T. M.; et al. (July 1998), "The International Celestial Reference Frame as Realized by Very Long Baseline Interferometry",
826: 258: 1545: 852: 79:
i.e., the reference frame is the set of numerical coordinates of the reference sources, derived using the procedures spelled out by the ICRS.
673:
Wilkins, G.A. (1990). Lieske, J. H.; Abalakin, V. K (eds.). "The Past, Present and Future of Reference Systems for Astronomy and Geodesy".
1414: 820:"IERS Technical Note No. 35: The Second Realization of the International Celestial Reference Frame by Very Long Baseline Interferometry" 86: 53:, right ascension and declination" and had adopted as "privileged axes ... the mean equator and the dynamical equinox" at a particular 1389: 1372: 562: 241: 162: 98: 336: 229: 201: 173: 34: 948:
Ojha, R.; Skurikhina, E.; Sokolova, J.; Souchay, J.; Sovers, O. J.; Tesmer, V.; Titov, O.; Wang, G.; Zharov, V. (24 July 2015).
439:-CRF3 shall be "the fundamental realization of the International Celestial Reference System (ICRS) ... for the optical domain." 1409: 46: 1442: 1429: 204:
as of 1 January 1998. ICRF1 was oriented to the axes of the ICRS, which reflected the prior astronomical reference frame
1555: 262: 105:-CRF is an inertial barycentric reference frame defined by optically measured positions of extragalactic sources by the 50: 83: 911:"The Second Realization of the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF2) by Very Long Baseline Interferometry" 1467: 30: 205: 154: 166: 1379: 145:
totality of procedures, models and constants that are required for the use of one or more reference frames".
950:"The Second Realization of the International Celestial Reference Frame by Very Long Baseline Interferometry" 90: 1015:"The third realization of the International Celestial Reference Frame by very long baseline interferometry" 1014: 273: 282: 1296: 1244: 1188: 1036: 961: 922: 860: 779: 641: 590: 415:–CRF3) is based on 33 months of observations of 1,614,173 extragalactic sources. As with the earlier 1550: 1529: 1277:
Gaia Collaboration (2022), "Gaia Early Data Release 3: The celestial reference frame (Gaia-CRF3)",
344: 181: 133: 228:
An updated reference frame ICRF2 was created in 2009. The update was a joint collaboration of the
1517: 1505: 1314: 1286: 1260: 1234: 1204: 1178: 1054: 1026: 995: 910: 797: 254: 113: 69: 949: 387:-CRF2 were aligned to a prototype version of the forthcoming ICRF3 using 2820 objects common to 120:
bodies, these reference frames are important because they do not exhibit any measurable angular
376:–CRF2), based on 22 months of observations of over half a million extragalactic sources by the 1385: 1368: 987: 558: 377: 106: 54: 1481: 1304: 1300: 1252: 1248: 1196: 1192: 1044: 1040: 977: 969: 787: 682: 594: 524: 487: 1451: 1446: 1433: 1421: 555:
Astrometry of Fundamental Catalogues: The Evolution from Optical to Radio Reference Frames
965: 926: 783: 257:
across group-delay measurements. The solution was constrained to be consistent with the
1079: 578: 213: 1105: 579:"The Extragalactic Reference System of the International Earth Rotation Service, ICRS" 1539: 1318: 1058: 973: 801: 301: 1264: 1208: 431:
frequency bands. In August 2021 the International Astronomical Union noted that the
180:
Celestial Reference Frame (HCRF) is based on a subset of about 100,000 stars in the
1493: 999: 825:. International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS). Archived from 42: 1309: 1256: 1200: 1161:
Gaia Collaboration; Mignard, F.; Klioner, S.; Lindegren, L.; et al. (2018), "
1049: 909:
Boboltz, David A.; Gaume, R. A.; Fey, A. L.; Ma, C.; Gordon, D. (1 January 2010).
1131: 1439: 1426: 1132:"The Hipparcos Catalogue as a realisation of the extragalactic reference system" 249: 209: 117: 1331: 488:"Resolution No. A4; Recommendations from the Working Group on Reference System" 748: 686: 448: 38: 1381:
IERS Technical Notes - The International Celestial Reference System and Frame
1221:
Lindegren, L.; Hernandez, J.; Bombrun, A.; Klioner, S.; et al. (2018), "
991: 700: 523:
The XXlIIrd General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (1997).
347:." Using a variety of linking techniques, the coordinate axes defined by the 640:
The XXXIst General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (2021).
453: 49:
that had published the positions of stars based on direct "observations of
486:
The XXIst General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (1991).
132:-CRF are now the standard reference frames used to define the positions of 121: 1405: 883: 726: 607: 982: 308: 217: 1130:
Kovalevsky, J.; Lindegren, L.; Perryman, M.A.C.; et al. (1997).
294: 287: 158: 94: 89:
reference frame whose axes are defined by the measured positions of
1488: 1291: 1239: 1183: 1031: 792: 525:"Resolution No B2; On the international celestial reference system" 1460: 272: 1359:
Kovalevsky, Jean; Mueller, Ivan Istvan; Kołaczek, Barbara (1989)
427:-CRF3 were aligned to 3142 optical counterparts of ICRF-3 in the 1455: 300:) for 4536 sources; measurements of 824 sources at 24 GHz ( 124:
since the extragalactic sources used to define the ICRF and the
577:
Arias, E.F.; Charlot, P.; Feissel, M.; Lestrade, J.-F. (1995),
340: 751:. U S Naval Observatory, Astronomical Applications Department 112:
and whose axes are rotated to conform to the ICRF. Although
1013:
Charlot, P.; Jacobs, C.S.; Gordon, D.; et al. (2020).
277:
Sky distribution of the 303 "defining sources" in the ICRF3
1110:
International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service
234:
International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service
1440:
ICRF page from the International Earth Rotation Service
220:" frame to within the (lower) precision of the latter. 642:"Resolution B3, On the Gaia Celestial Reference Frame" 459:
Barycentric and geocentric celestial reference systems
116:
implies that there are no true inertial frames around
1465: 1106:"The International Celestial Reference System (ICRS)" 238:
International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry
16:
Current standard celestial reference system and frame
1378:
Jean Souchay; Martine Feissel-Vernier, eds. (2006).
915:
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #215
464:
International Terrestrial Reference System and Frame
853:"NASA - New Celestial Map Gives Directions for GPS" 729:. U.S. Naval Observatory, Astronomical Applications 703:. U.S. Naval Observatory, Astronomical Applications 307:), and dual frequency measurements at 32 GHz ( 749:"International Celestial Reference System (ICRS)" 727:"International Celestial Reference System (ICRS)" 701:"International Celestial Reference System (ICRS)" 608:"International Celestial Reference System (ICRS)" 75:(RF) is the physical realization of a reference 1406:International Celestial Reference System (ICRS) 1165:Data Release 2. The celestial reference frame ( 200:The ICRF, now called ICRF1, was adopted by the 884:"The International Celestial Reference Frame" 814: 812: 810: 649:Resolutions adopted at the General Assemblies 532:Resolutions adopted at the General Assemblies 495:Resolutions adopted at the General Assemblies 165:(VLBI). The positions of most are known to 1 8: 1361:Reference Frames in Astronomy and Geophysics 1225:Data Release 2 – The astrometric solution", 675:Symposium - International Astronomical Union 668: 666: 1436:(defines ICRS and other related standards) 553:Walter, Hans G.; Sovers, Oscar J. (2000), 1308: 1290: 1238: 1182: 1048: 1030: 981: 791: 259:International Terrestrial Reference Frame 1367:, Volume 154 Kluwer Academic Publishers 23:International Celestial Reference System 1472: 1332:"Gaia Early Data Release 3 (Gaia EDR3)" 635: 633: 631: 629: 518: 516: 514: 512: 481: 479: 475: 128:-CRF are so far away. The ICRF and the 62:International Celestial Reference Frame 1365:Astrophysics and Space Science Library 202:International Astronomical Union (IAU) 681:. Cambridge University Press: 39–46. 7: 206:The Fifth Fundamental Catalog (FK5) 651:. International Astronomical Union 534:. International Astronomical Union 497:. International Astronomical Union 391:-CRF2 and to the ICRF3 prototype. 82:More specifically, the ICRF is an 14: 242:very-long-baseline interferometry 163:Very Long Baseline Interferometry 153:The ICRF is based on hundreds of 99:very-long-baseline interferometry 1523: 1511: 1499: 1487: 1475: 337:International Astronomical Union 331:Celestial Reference Frame (HCRF) 230:International Astronomical Union 174:International Astronomical Union 35:International Astronomical Union 1546:Astronomical coordinate systems 557:, Berlin: Springer, p. 1, 47:Catalogues of Fundamental Stars 423:reference frames, the axes of 1: 890:. US Naval Observatory (USNO) 1279:Astronomy & Astrophysics 1227:Astronomy & Astrophysics 1171:Astronomy & Astrophysics 263:earth orientation parameters 155:extra-galactic radio sources 140:Reference systems and frames 37:(IAU). Its origin is at the 1310:10.1051/0004-6361/202243483 1257:10.1051/0004-6361/201832727 1201:10.1051/0004-6361/201832916 1050:10.1051/0004-6361/202038368 411:celestial reference frame ( 399:celestial reference frame ( 372:celestial reference frame ( 360:celestial reference frame ( 283:galactocentric acceleration 1572: 1136:Astronomy and Astrophysics 1019:Astronomy and Astrophysics 974:10.1088/0004-6256/150/2/58 583:Astronomy and Astrophysics 31:celestial reference system 29:) is the current standard 1415:Overview of ICRS and ICRF 1394:. IERS Technical Note 34. 687:10.1017/S0074180900086149 1420:1 September 2012 at the 954:The Astronomical Journal 191:Radio wavelengths (ICRF) 1445:4 February 2012 at the 1301:2022A&A...667A.148G 1249:2018A&A...616A...2L 1193:2018A&A...616A..14G 1041:2020A&A...644A.159C 595:1995A&A...303..604A 859:. NASA. Archived from 614:. US Naval Observatory 278: 51:equatorial coordinates 1432:19 April 2014 at the 1427:IERS Conventions 2003 276: 212:of approximately 250 91:extragalactic sources 772:Astronomical Journal 345:Hipparcos catalogues 314:) and 8.4 GHz ( 293:) and 2.3 GHz ( 208:. It had an angular 172:In August 1997, the 167:milliarcsecond (mas) 134:astronomical objects 1556:Frames of reference 1461:ICRS Product Center 1452:General information 1086:. Paris Observatory 966:2015AJ....150...58F 927:2010AAS...21546906B 851:Steigerwald, Bell. 784:1998AJ....116..516M 323:Optical wavelengths 863:on 3 December 2020 279: 255:mean squared error 114:general relativity 1454:on the ICRS from 97:) observed using 1563: 1528: 1527: 1526: 1516: 1515: 1514: 1504: 1503: 1502: 1492: 1491: 1480: 1479: 1478: 1471: 1395: 1347: 1346: 1344: 1342: 1328: 1322: 1321: 1312: 1294: 1274: 1268: 1267: 1242: 1218: 1212: 1211: 1186: 1158: 1152: 1151: 1149: 1147: 1127: 1121: 1120: 1118: 1116: 1102: 1096: 1095: 1093: 1091: 1084:IERS ICRS Center 1076: 1070: 1069: 1067: 1065: 1052: 1034: 1010: 1004: 1003: 985: 944: 938: 937: 935: 933: 906: 900: 899: 897: 895: 879: 873: 872: 870: 868: 848: 842: 841: 839: 837: 831: 824: 816: 805: 804: 795: 767: 761: 760: 758: 756: 745: 739: 738: 736: 734: 723: 717: 716: 710: 708: 697: 691: 690: 670: 661: 660: 658: 656: 646: 637: 624: 623: 621: 619: 612:aa.usno.navy.mil 604: 598: 597: 574: 568: 567: 550: 544: 543: 541: 539: 529: 520: 507: 506: 504: 502: 492: 483: 1571: 1570: 1566: 1565: 1564: 1562: 1561: 1560: 1536: 1535: 1534: 1524: 1522: 1512: 1510: 1500: 1498: 1486: 1476: 1474: 1466: 1447:Wayback Machine 1434:Wayback Machine 1422:Wayback Machine 1402: 1392: 1377: 1356: 1354:Further reading 1351: 1350: 1340: 1338: 1330: 1329: 1325: 1276: 1275: 1271: 1220: 1219: 1215: 1160: 1159: 1155: 1145: 1143: 1129: 1128: 1124: 1114: 1112: 1104: 1103: 1099: 1089: 1087: 1078: 1077: 1073: 1063: 1061: 1012: 1011: 1007: 946: 945: 941: 931: 929: 921:. AAS: 469.06. 908: 907: 903: 893: 891: 881: 880: 876: 866: 864: 850: 849: 845: 835: 833: 832:on 25 July 2015 829: 822: 818: 817: 808: 769: 768: 764: 754: 752: 747: 746: 742: 732: 730: 725: 724: 720: 706: 704: 699: 698: 694: 672: 671: 664: 654: 652: 644: 639: 638: 627: 617: 615: 606: 605: 601: 576: 575: 571: 565: 552: 551: 547: 537: 535: 527: 522: 521: 510: 500: 498: 490: 485: 484: 477: 472: 445: 405: 366: 333: 325: 271: 265:(EOP) systems. 261:(ITRF2008) and 253:minimizing the 226: 214:microarcseconds 198: 193: 151: 142: 33:adopted by the 17: 12: 11: 5: 1569: 1567: 1559: 1558: 1553: 1548: 1538: 1537: 1533: 1532: 1520: 1508: 1496: 1484: 1464: 1463: 1458: 1449: 1437: 1424: 1412: 1401: 1400:External links 1398: 1397: 1396: 1390: 1375: 1355: 1352: 1349: 1348: 1323: 1269: 1213: 1153: 1122: 1097: 1071: 1025:(A159): A159. 1005: 939: 901: 874: 843: 806: 793:10.1086/300408 778:(1): 516–546, 762: 740: 718: 692: 662: 625: 599: 569: 563: 545: 508: 474: 473: 471: 468: 467: 466: 461: 456: 451: 444: 441: 404: 393: 365: 354: 332: 326: 324: 321: 270: 267: 225: 222: 197: 194: 192: 189: 150: 147: 141: 138: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1568: 1557: 1554: 1552: 1549: 1547: 1544: 1543: 1541: 1531: 1521: 1519: 1509: 1507: 1497: 1495: 1490: 1485: 1483: 1473: 1469: 1462: 1459: 1457: 1453: 1450: 1448: 1444: 1441: 1438: 1435: 1431: 1428: 1425: 1423: 1419: 1416: 1413: 1411: 1407: 1404: 1403: 1399: 1393: 1391:3-89888-802-9 1387: 1383: 1382: 1376: 1374: 1373:9780792301820 1370: 1366: 1362: 1358: 1357: 1353: 1337: 1333: 1327: 1324: 1320: 1316: 1311: 1306: 1302: 1298: 1293: 1288: 1284: 1280: 1273: 1270: 1266: 1262: 1258: 1254: 1250: 1246: 1241: 1236: 1232: 1228: 1224: 1217: 1214: 1210: 1206: 1202: 1198: 1194: 1190: 1185: 1180: 1176: 1172: 1168: 1164: 1157: 1154: 1141: 1137: 1133: 1126: 1123: 1111: 1107: 1101: 1098: 1085: 1081: 1075: 1072: 1060: 1056: 1051: 1046: 1042: 1038: 1033: 1028: 1024: 1020: 1016: 1009: 1006: 1001: 997: 993: 989: 984: 979: 975: 971: 967: 963: 959: 955: 951: 943: 940: 928: 924: 920: 916: 912: 905: 902: 889: 888:usno.navy.mil 885: 882:Fey, Alan L. 878: 875: 862: 858: 854: 847: 844: 828: 821: 815: 813: 811: 807: 803: 799: 794: 789: 785: 781: 777: 773: 766: 763: 750: 744: 741: 728: 722: 719: 715: 702: 696: 693: 688: 684: 680: 676: 669: 667: 663: 650: 643: 636: 634: 632: 630: 626: 613: 609: 603: 600: 596: 592: 588: 584: 580: 573: 570: 566: 564:9783540674368 560: 556: 549: 546: 533: 526: 519: 517: 515: 513: 509: 496: 489: 482: 480: 476: 469: 465: 462: 460: 457: 455: 452: 450: 447: 446: 442: 440: 438: 434: 430: 426: 422: 418: 414: 410: 402: 398: 394: 392: 390: 386: 382: 380: 375: 371: 363: 359: 355: 353: 350: 346: 342: 338: 330: 327: 322: 320: 317: 313: 311: 306: 304: 299: 297: 292: 290: 284: 275: 268: 266: 264: 260: 256: 251: 245: 243: 239: 235: 231: 223: 221: 219: 215: 211: 207: 203: 195: 190: 188: 186: 184: 179: 175: 170: 168: 164: 160: 156: 148: 146: 139: 137: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 115: 111: 109: 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 85: 80: 78: 74: 73: 67: 63: 58: 56: 55:date and time 52: 48: 44: 40: 36: 32: 28: 24: 19: 1530:Solar System 1380: 1364: 1360: 1339:. Retrieved 1335: 1326: 1282: 1278: 1272: 1230: 1226: 1222: 1216: 1177:(A14): A14, 1174: 1170: 1166: 1162: 1156: 1144:. Retrieved 1139: 1135: 1125: 1113:. Retrieved 1109: 1100: 1088:. Retrieved 1083: 1074: 1062:. Retrieved 1022: 1018: 1008: 957: 953: 942: 930:. Retrieved 918: 914: 904: 892:. Retrieved 887: 877: 865:. Retrieved 861:the original 857:www.nasa.gov 856: 846: 834:. Retrieved 827:the original 775: 771: 765: 753:. Retrieved 743: 731:. Retrieved 721: 712: 705:. Retrieved 695: 678: 674: 653:. Retrieved 648: 616:. Retrieved 611: 602: 586: 582: 572: 554: 548: 536:. Retrieved 531: 499:. Retrieved 494: 436: 432: 428: 424: 420: 416: 412: 408: 406: 400: 396: 388: 384: 378: 373: 369: 367: 361: 357: 348: 335:In 1991 the 334: 328: 315: 309: 302: 295: 288: 280: 246: 227: 199: 182: 177: 171: 152: 149:Realizations 143: 129: 125: 107: 102: 81: 76: 71: 65: 61: 59: 43:Solar System 26: 22: 20: 18: 1518:Outer space 1506:Spaceflight 1341:12 December 1115:11 February 1090:25 December 983:11603/17528 589:: 604–608, 368:The second 250:ionospheric 210:noise floor 169:or better. 118:gravitating 87:barycentric 1551:Astrometry 1540:Categories 1292:2204.12574 1240:1804.09366 1233:(A2): A2, 1184:1804.09377 1080:"The ICRF" 1032:2010.13625 470:References 449:Astrometry 407:The third 381:spacecraft 236:, and the 101:while the 70:reference 39:barycenter 1482:Astronomy 1319:248405779 1169:-CRF2)", 1142:: 620–633 1059:225068756 992:1538-3881 960:(2): 58. 802:120005941 454:Astronomy 417:Hipparcos 349:Hipparcos 329:Hipparcos 185:Catalogue 183:Hipparcos 178:Hipparcos 157:, mostly 110:satellite 1443:Archived 1430:Archived 1418:Archived 1265:54497421 1209:52838272 443:See also 122:rotation 93:(mainly 84:inertial 1468:Portals 1297:Bibcode 1245:Bibcode 1189:Bibcode 1146:20 June 1064:16 June 1037:Bibcode 1000:3281444 962:Bibcode 932:18 July 923:Bibcode 894:23 June 836:5 April 780:Bibcode 755:22 June 733:23 June 707:24 June 618:23 June 591:Bibcode 538:13 June 501:13 June 356:Second 218:J2000.0 159:quasars 95:quasars 77:system, 41:of the 1388:  1371:  1317:  1263:  1207:  1057:  998:  990:  867:5 June 800:  655:9 June 561:  403:–CRF3) 395:Third 364:–CRF2) 232:, the 1494:Stars 1408:from 1315:S2CID 1287:arXiv 1261:S2CID 1235:arXiv 1205:S2CID 1179:arXiv 1055:S2CID 1027:arXiv 996:S2CID 830:(PDF) 823:(PDF) 798:S2CID 645:(PDF) 528:(PDF) 491:(PDF) 269:ICRF3 224:ICRF2 196:ICRF1 72:frame 1456:IERS 1410:USNO 1386:ISBN 1369:ISBN 1343:2020 1223:Gaia 1167:Gaia 1163:Gaia 1148:2022 1117:2020 1092:2018 1066:2022 988:ISSN 934:2022 896:2022 869:2018 838:2014 757:2022 735:2022 709:2022 657:2022 620:2022 559:ISBN 540:2022 503:2022 437:Gaia 433:Gaia 425:Gaia 421:Gaia 419:and 413:Gaia 409:Gaia 401:Gaia 397:Gaia 389:Gaia 385:Gaia 379:Gaia 374:Gaia 370:Gaia 362:Gaia 358:Gaia 343:and 312:band 305:band 298:band 291:band 130:Gaia 126:Gaia 108:Gaia 103:Gaia 66:ICRF 60:The 27:ICRS 21:The 1336:ESA 1305:doi 1283:667 1253:doi 1231:616 1197:doi 1175:616 1140:323 1045:doi 1023:644 978:hdl 970:doi 958:150 919:215 788:doi 776:116 683:doi 679:141 587:303 429:S/X 341:FK5 1542:: 1363:, 1334:. 1313:, 1303:, 1295:, 1285:, 1281:, 1259:, 1251:, 1243:, 1229:, 1203:, 1195:, 1187:, 1173:, 1138:. 1134:. 1108:. 1082:. 1053:. 1043:. 1035:. 1021:. 1017:. 994:. 986:. 976:. 968:. 956:. 952:. 917:. 913:. 886:. 855:. 809:^ 796:, 786:, 774:, 711:. 677:. 665:^ 647:. 628:^ 610:. 585:, 581:, 530:. 511:^ 493:. 478:^ 310:Ka 136:. 57:. 1470:: 1345:. 1307:: 1299:: 1289:: 1255:: 1247:: 1237:: 1199:: 1191:: 1181:: 1150:. 1119:. 1094:. 1068:. 1047:: 1039:: 1029:: 1002:. 980:: 972:: 964:: 936:. 925:: 898:. 871:. 840:. 790:: 782:: 759:. 737:. 689:. 685:: 659:. 622:. 593:: 542:. 505:. 316:X 303:K 296:S 289:X 286:( 64:( 25:(

Index

celestial reference system
International Astronomical Union
barycenter
Solar System
Catalogues of Fundamental Stars
equatorial coordinates
date and time
reference frame
inertial
barycentric
extragalactic sources
quasars
very-long-baseline interferometry
Gaia satellite
general relativity
gravitating
rotation
astronomical objects
extra-galactic radio sources
quasars
Very Long Baseline Interferometry
milliarcsecond (mas)
International Astronomical Union
Hipparcos Catalogue
International Astronomical Union (IAU)
The Fifth Fundamental Catalog (FK5)
noise floor
microarcseconds
J2000.0
International Astronomical Union

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.