Data on Separation and Position Angle of Binary Star Systems

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Jan 2009

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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #410.16; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.214

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Data on separation and position angle of binary star systems
Abstract:
We report on data gathered for the measurement of separation and position angle of binary stars. The coupling of a CCD camera to a telescope allows us to use a precise simple and straightforward method for such measurements. We use the 31 inch National Undergraduate Research Observatory (NURO) Telescope at the Anderson Mesa location of Lowell Observatory, 20 miles east of Flagstaff, Arizona. Our CCD is a 2K x 2K Loral camera (NASACAM) with 27 micron pixels with a field of view of 16’ x 16’ and a plate scale of .470 arc seconds/ pixel. Analysis of the CCD images is straightforward and both direct and software methods yield the separation and position angle of the binaries. The data obtained is suitable for insertion in the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) - Washington Double Star Catalog.

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