Papers produced by the Hubble Space Telescope
Astrometry Science Team

FGS Science Results

Parallaxes

• The Distance to the Hyades Cluster Based on Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor Parallaxes (1997)
• Astrometry with Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor 3: The Parallax of the Cataclysmic Variable RW Triangulum (1999)
  
• Interferometric Astrometry of the Detached White Dwarf-M Dwarf Binary Feige 24 Using HST Fine Guidance Sensor 3: White Dwarf Radius and Component Mass Estimates (2000)
  
• Interferometric Astrometry with Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor 3: The Parallax of the Cataclysmic Variable TV Columbae (2001)
• Astrometry with Hubble Space Telescope: A Parallax of the Fundamental Distance Calibrator RR Lyrae (2002)
• Astrometry with Hubble Space Telescope: A Parallax of the Fundamental Distance Calibrator delta Cep (2002)
  

Binary Stars

• Binary star observations with the Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensors. I - ADS 11300 (1991)
• The First Definitive Binary Orbit Determined with the Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensors: Wolf 1062 (Gliese 748) (1998)
• Precise Masses for Wolf 1062 AB from Hubble Space Telescope Interferometric Astrometry and MCDonald Observatory Radial Velocities (2001)
  

ExtraSolar Planet Search


• Astrometric Stability and Precision of FGS #3: The Parallax and Proper Motion of Proxima Centauri (1993)
• Interferometric Astrometry of Proxima Centauri and Barnard's Star Using HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE Fine Guidance Sensor 3: Detection Limits for Substellar Companions (1999)
  

FGS Photometry


• Periodic low-amplitude variations in the brightness of Proxima Centauri (1993)
• Proxima Centauri: Time-resolved Astrometry of a Flare Site using HST Fine Guidance Sensor 3 (1997)
• Photometry of Proxima Centauri and Barnard's Star Using Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor 3: A Search for Periodic Variations (1998)
  

HIPPARCOS Support

• The Program to Link the HIPPARCOS Reference Frame to an Extragalactic Reference System Using the Fine Guidance Sensors of the Hubble Space Telescope (1997)
  

The Wide-Field / Planetary Camera (WFPC)

• NGC 4314. II - Hubble Space Telescope I-band surface photometry of the nuclear region (1993)
  
• NGC 4314. IV - Photometry of Star Clusters with Hubble Space Telescope - History of Star Formation in the Vicinity of a Nuclear Ring (2002)
  

The Fine Guidance Sensors (FGS) Instrument Design and Use