'Jittering' Map (IMAGE)

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

'Jittering' Map

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A map showing the characteristic values of the "jittering" of source coordinates around their true position caused by the Galaxy's "gravitational noise", in microarcseconds (shown in contours) for a ten-years observation period. The crosses represent the positions of ICRF reference sources.

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