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photoelectric photometry

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photoelectric photometry [¦fōd·ō·i′lek·trik fə′täm·ə·trē]
(optics)
In contrast to the methods of visual photometry, an objective approach to the problems of photometry, wherein any of several types of photoelectric devices are used to replace the human eye as the sensing element.


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First visit to South Africa In 1980 and 19821 travelled out to South Africa several times to do photoelectric photometry on the 20-inch at Sutherland and on the last trip I took the opportunity to travel to Johannesburg to use the Innes telescope which at that time was under the auspices of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Gver the following thirty years a number of professional astronomers--from the great celestial mechanician Forest Ray Moulton to one of the pioneers of photoelectric photometry, Charles M.
The Vander-bilt-based International Amateur Professional Photoelectric Photometry, which has more than 500 members in 40 countries, oversees such small-observatory efforts.
 
 
 
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