[time-nuts] Sidereal time
Lux, Jim (337C)
james.p.lux at jpl.nasa.gov
Fri Jan 15 22:41:59 UTC 2010
On 1/15/10 9:13 AM, "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com> wrote:
> Heresy:
>
> Why do you really NEED super accurate siderial time? If you are using it
> to point a telescope, you only need it accurate enough to get the guide
> stars into the field. Remember, the atmosphere refracts kinda randomly.
>
> -John
What if it's a *radio* telescope? Or a DSN dish? Both of those have to track
sidereal motion. At Ka-band, the 70meter dish needs pointing on the order
of 1 millidegree. That's about 250 milliseconds, I guess.
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