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Originally Posted by Steffen
Sissy Haas' every publication and project seem to draw as much enthusiasm as scorn. The theoretical and practical limits of double star observing are apparently a perennial hot topic.
I'm all for empirical evidence, in the end that's the sword by which scientific theories live or die.
The months since I've done any double star observing myself are now numbering in the double digits. I'm grateful for any mention of the subject  |
Hope that you do get back in to double star observing Steffen , your contributions would be very welcome.
It seems also that a lot of measurements can be inaccurate and have indeed been ( even some by none other than William Herschel ), if done by inexperienced observers; who would first need to train their eyes to estimate star separations , resolution exit pupils needed etc.- so I think these sorts of contributions should best be left to very experienced observers like Steve and perhaps yourself.
bigjoe.