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Digital recording of double star images, for example with a modern CCD camera, offers a number of major advantages: Position data can be directly analysed in the computer, and the image is permanent, and can be re-called for future reference. Another benefit of direct imaging is that brightness differences of the components can be measured, which is especially interesting for pairs with contrasting colours.
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This work has made extensive use of the double star catalogues made available online by the United States Naval Observatory. Special thanks are due to Brian Mason for providing additional data.
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Anton, R., Argyle, R.W. (2012). Lucky Imaging. In: Argyle, R.W. (eds) Observing and Measuring Visual Double Stars. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3945-5_16
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