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How Complete is our Knowledge of the Nearby Stars?

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The Bottom of the Main Sequence — And Beyond

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A fairly complete picture of the solar neighbourhood can be received if one accounts for the various selection effects caused by the different ways to detect nearby stars.

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  1. Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Hartmut Jahreiß

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    Christopher G. Tinney

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Jahreiß, H. (1995). How Complete is our Knowledge of the Nearby Stars?. In: Tinney, C.G. (eds) The Bottom of the Main Sequence — And Beyond. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49217-7_10

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