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Stellar Multiplicity Discovery by Lunar Occultations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Nathaniel M. White
Nathaniel M. White*
Affiliation:
Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ, USA

Abstract

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The primary result of lunar occultation studies of multiple star systems is the discovery of new systems. Its use as a method of multiplicity discovery has been productive, although incidental to timing observations made by amateurs and professionals for 360 years. The capabilities and limitations as a method of discovering new double stars is discussed.

Type
High Resolution At Visual Wavelengths
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 135: Complementary Approaches to Double and Multiple Star Research , 1992 , pp. 486 - 491
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1992

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