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Contents 1 Distance scale 2 A person who does astrometry 3 "Astrometrics" 4 Astrolabes? 5 copyright infringement? 6 USNO-B1.0 7 page overhaul 8 Category move 9 Missing information

[edit] Distance scale

Most of the content in this page about cepheids and distance scale is not strictly astrometry, because astrometry deals with the angular distances between stars, not three-space or "physical" distances between stars. One day I will sit down and beat this page into shape, but I don't have time right now. David W. Hogg 14:14, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

I removed most of the offending content. David W. Hogg 18:28, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] A person who does astrometry

What is the name for a person who works in the field of astronomy? (Astrometrist?) If anyone knows (assuming there is a name in the first place), I think it should probably be included in the article.

It can be "Astrometer" or "Astrometrist", but really (and boringly) astrometry is done by "Astronomers". Neither of the first two terms is used much, so I don't think it is important for the article, but I certainly don't feel strongly! David W. Hogg 14:09, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "Astrometrics"

The word "astrometrics" is not used in the professional community much or at all. -- David W. Hogg 21:35, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I removed this reference -- David W. Hogg 01:05, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Astrolabes?

I am not sure what astrolabes do, but I am pretty sure they don't measure the positions of stars. -- David W. Hogg 20:38, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

I removed this reference -- David W. Hogg 01:05, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] copyright infringement?

I just noticed that some of the (badly written, arguably incorrect) content on this page has been copied from copyrighted content on the site astrometry.org without citation. -- David W. Hogg 18:24, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USNO-B1.0

We need to add sentences about the creation of the USNO-B1.0 catalog, which is the current gold standard in astrometry. And maybe also the USNO-A and USNO-SA and HST Guide Star catalogs. -- David W. Hogg 01:07, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

It looks like User:Lauren Greenspan has done this. -- David W. Hogg 09:48, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] page overhaul

User User:Lauren Greenspan and I have begun a piece-by-piece overhaul of this page. -- David W. Hogg 01:06, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Category move

Just a heads-up to anyone concerned: I moved the article from the main Astronomy category to Astronomical sub-disciplines, since the Astrometry category, for which this is the main page, is a sub-category of Astronomical sub-disciplines. 84.101.53.254 19:12, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Missing information

This article seems to have lost ground a bit in its recent rewrite (or it may have been lacking from the start). There is no description as to "how" James Bradley and others (pre photography) made their measurements. The advent of photography and the Astrograph has been totally missed again. We have undefined jargon like "plate-measuring machine". 69.72.2.71 (talk) 19:59, 7 December 2007 (UTC)