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Query: The StarScan plate measuring machine: overview and calibrations   The StarScan machine at the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) completed measuring
photographic astrograph plates to allow determination of proper motions for the
USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC) program. All applicable 1940 AGK2 plates,
about 2200 Hamburg Zone Astrograph plates, 900 Black Birch (USNO Twin
Astrograph) plates, and 300 Lick Astrograph plates have been measured. StarScan
comprises of a CCD camera, telecentric lens, air-bearing granite table, stepper
motor screws, and Heidenhain scales to operate in a step-stare mode. The
repeatability of StarScan measures is about 0.2 micrometer. The CCD mapping as
well as the global table coordinate system has been calibrated using a special
dot calibration plate and the overall accuracy of StarScan x,y data is derived
to be 0.5 micrometer. Application to real photographic plate data shows that
position information of at least 0.65 micrometer accuracy can be extracted from
course grain 103a-type emulsion astrometric plates. Transformations between
"direct" and "reverse" measures of fine grain emulsion plate measures are
obtained on the 0.3 micrometer level per well exposed stellar image and
coordinate, which is at the limit of the StarScan machine.

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