An Anthology of Visual Double Stars

Bob Argyle, Mike Swan, Andrew James

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9781316629253
• eBook ISBN:
  9781108602075
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Astronomy & Astrophysics

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Dedication
• Contents
• About the Authors
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Observing Double Stars
• 3 History of Measurement Techniques
• 4 Observational Double Star Groups
• 5 Double Star Resources
• 6 Biographies of Visual Double Star Observers
• 7 Myths, Mysteries, and One-Offs
• 8 Catalogue Lists and Charts
• 9 The Catalogue
• Appendix
• References
• Object Index