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The occultation technique is seen to be a valuable tool for serendipitous discovery of double stars, where visual observation can be valuable. Accurate timing of the separate events can lead to measurement of minimum separations at sub-100 mas levels of precision, as well as estimates of the relative brightness of the components. High-speed photometric observations are capable of mas-level observation.
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Appleby, G. (2004). Lunar Occultations. In: Argyle, B. (eds) Observing and Measuring Visual Double Stars. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-85233-860-1_18
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