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Locating Your Star in an Image Using Astrometry.net and DS9

This presentation discusses the science of Double Stars. In short: The value of Double Stars is that through determination of two stars in gravitational/mutual orbit, you can derive the stellar mass. From the stellar mass, current astrophysical theories can be refined to greater detail with greater assurance. Where Variable Stars rely on Photometry, Double Stars rely on the process of Astrometry.

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