RMxAA

Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica

ISSN: 3061-8649
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Methods of Observation:Multiple Stars

How to Cite

The discovery and observation of multiple stellar systems. (1977). Revista Mexicana De Astronomía Y Astrofísica, 3(1), 21-31. https://astronomia.unam.mx/journals/rmxaa/article/view/1977rmxaa...3...21b

Abstract

The difficulties of discovering and observing multiple stellar systems are reviewed and discussed with especial reference to those systems which are best observed by a combination of visual and spectroscopic or visual and photometric means. Attention is drawn to the difficulties that often exist in reconciling the results of two different methods of observation. A brief discussion of the possibility of detecting spectroscopically invisible companions of low mass is included in the paper.
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