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Double Stars and Space Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Laurence W. Fredrick*
Affiliation:
University of Virginia

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With the success of the Shuttle it seems now the Space Telescope will become a reality. The author wrote a study for the Langley Research Center in the summer of 1963 on the astronomical uses of a large space telescope which formed the basic document for the National Academy of Sciences Woods Hole study in 1965. This study recommended construction of a large space telescope scaled to use a Saturn V as the launch booster.

The initial study included some astrometric applications. Among these were various double star applications which is the subject of this symposium.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Lowell Observatory 1983