The Profile of a Star Image

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Apr 1971 English Publisher:IOP PublishingJournal:Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, volume 83, page 199 (issn: 0004-6280, eissn: 1538-3873,

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Authors: Ivan R. King;

doi: 10.1086/129100

The Profile of a Star Image

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THE PROFILE OF A STAR IMAGE IVAN R. KING Berkeley Astronomy Department, University of California Received 25 January 1971 Various data are assembled to construct the profile of a star image, from its central peak out to a radius of six degrees. The profile has a central core, an exponential drop, and an extended inverse-square aureole. The origin of its shape is not well understood. Key word: star image profile

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