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Five Years of Double Star Interferometry and its Lessons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Harold A. McAlister
Harold A. McAlister*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University

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With nearly 1500 diffraction limited measurements of high accuracy to its credit, speckle interferometry must now be considered an established and productive method for performing binary star astrometry. This paper will attempt to give an explanation of the technique from the perspective of a binary star observer along with a general summary of the accomplishments that have given speckle interferometry its present respectability. Some recommendations aimed at increasing the effectiveness of the method will also be made. Speckle interferometry has provided valuable information on stellar diameters, and tantalizing results are beginning to appear for a variety of faint objects, but only the application to the measurement of binary stars will be considered here.

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Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 62: Current Techniques in Double and Multiple Star Research , May 1983 , pp. 125 - 143
Copyright
Copyright © Lowell Observatory 1983

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