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Double stars: a synergy between amateur and professional astronomers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2011

Jean-Louis Agati
Affiliation:
Commission des Étoiles Doubles, Société Astronomique de France, 3, Rue Beethoven, 75016 Paris, France email: [email protected]
Daniel Bonneau
Affiliation:
Commission des Étoiles Doubles, Société Astronomique de France, 3, Rue Beethoven, 75016 Paris, France email: [email protected]
Sébastien Caille
Affiliation:
Commission des Étoiles Doubles, Société Astronomique de France, 3, Rue Beethoven, 75016 Paris, France email: [email protected]
Paul Couteau
Affiliation:
Commission des Étoiles Doubles, Société Astronomique de France, 3, Rue Beethoven, 75016 Paris, France email: [email protected]
André Debackère
Affiliation:
Commission des Étoiles Doubles, Société Astronomique de France, 3, Rue Beethoven, 75016 Paris, France email: [email protected]
Jean Dommanget
Affiliation:
Commission des Étoiles Doubles, Société Astronomique de France, 3, Rue Beethoven, 75016 Paris, France email: [email protected]
Pierre Durand
Affiliation:
Commission des Étoiles Doubles, Société Astronomique de France, 3, Rue Beethoven, 75016 Paris, France email: [email protected]
René Gili
Affiliation:
Commission des Étoiles Doubles, Société Astronomique de France, 3, Rue Beethoven, 75016 Paris, France email: [email protected]
Florent Losse
Affiliation:
Commission des Étoiles Doubles, Société Astronomique de France, 3, Rue Beethoven, 75016 Paris, France email: [email protected]
René Manté
Affiliation:
Commission des Étoiles Doubles, Société Astronomique de France, 3, Rue Beethoven, 75016 Paris, France email: [email protected]
Florence Mauroy
Affiliation:
Commission des Étoiles Doubles, Société Astronomique de France, 3, Rue Beethoven, 75016 Paris, France email: [email protected]
Guy Morlet
Affiliation:
Commission des Étoiles Doubles, Société Astronomique de France, 3, Rue Beethoven, 75016 Paris, France email: [email protected]
Maurice Salaman
Affiliation:
Commission des Étoiles Doubles, Société Astronomique de France, 3, Rue Beethoven, 75016 Paris, France email: [email protected]
Edgar Soulié
Affiliation:
Commission des Étoiles Doubles, Société Astronomique de France, 3, Rue Beethoven, 75016 Paris, France email: [email protected]
Jean-Claude Thorel
Affiliation:
Commission des Étoiles Doubles, Société Astronomique de France, 3, Rue Beethoven, 75016 Paris, France email: [email protected]
Yvonne Thorel
Affiliation:
Commission des Étoiles Doubles, Société Astronomique de France, 3, Rue Beethoven, 75016 Paris, France email: [email protected]
Pierre Verhas
Affiliation:
Commission des Étoiles Doubles, Société Astronomique de France, 3, Rue Beethoven, 75016 Paris, France email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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In the field of visual double stars, a long term follow-up is required, since their orbital periods may reach several centuries. Created in 1981 within the Société Astronomique de France (SAF) with the support of the late Paul Muller (1910-2000), the Commission des Etoiles Doubles provides the framework for the necessary collaboration between professional and amateur astronomers, through generations. The late Dr. Paul Baize (1901-1995) was a model for its members. Several professional astronomers became scientific advisors of the Commission and have guided many works made by amateurs.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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