An Anthology Of Visual Double Stars
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Modern telescopes of even modest aperture can show thousands of double stars. Many are faint and unremarkable but hundreds are worth searching out. Veteran double-star observer Bob Argyle and his co-authors take a close-up look at their selection of 175 of the night sky's most interesting double and multiple stars. The history of each system is laid out from the original discovery to what we know at the present time about the stars. Wide-field finder charts are presented for each system along with plots of the apparent orbits and predicted future positions for the orbital systems. Recent measurements of each system are included which will help you to decide whether they can be seen in your telescope, as well as giving advice on the aperture needed. Double star observers of all levels of experience will treasure the level of detail in this guide to these jewels of the night sky.
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Year: 2,019
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Pages: 485
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Pages In File: 485
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Language: English
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Topic: 265
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Identifier: 9,781,316,823,163
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Doi: 10.1017/9781316823163
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Toc: Contents......Page 7 About the Authors......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 13 1 Introduction......Page 14 2 Observing Double Stars......Page 16 3 History of Measurement Techniques......Page 20 4 Observational Double Star Groups......Page 23 5 Double Star Resources......Page 25 6 Biographies of Visual Double Star Observers......Page 31 7 Myths, Mysteries, and One-Offs......Page 58 8 Catalogue Lists and Charts......Page 65 9 The Catalogue......Page 85 Appendix......Page 459 References......Page 464 Object Index......Page 479