Bibcode
Perez, Jeremy; Argyle, R. W.
Bibliographical reference
Observing and Measuring Visual Double Stars, Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series, Volume . ISBN 978-1-4614-3944-8. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2012, p. 33
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Description
The details of your growing record of double star observations can
easily be kept in a spreadsheet with columns included for position
angle, separation, magnitude, and color. Those entries provide the raw
data needed to describe your stellar journeys. However, the essence of
what draws you to doubles may not be as obvious when you review your
notes. What inspires you to observe double stars? Is it the challenge of
resolving a close pair, or pulling a faint secondary out of its
companion's glare? Or is it the stunning beauty of a colorful duo or
closely matched twins? Do you enjoy tracking the progress of
short-period doubles? All of these passions and more can be readily
captured by sketches in a way that vividly supplements your tabular
data.