Dunlop Double Star Catalogue
(DUN, Approximate Places of Double Stars in the Southern Hemisphere)
(1829 catalog of double stars viewed from Australia)
The Dunlop Double Star Catalogue, James Dunlop's 1829
publication Approximate Places of Double Stars in the Southern Hemisphere,
is a catalog of 253 double stars observed from
New South Wales, Australia.
Dunlop's knowledge of astronomy methods
was limited, but he was among the first to survey
the southern sky and some stars are known by his
catalog numbering.
(catalog,stars,binary stars,double stars)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dunlop
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1829MmRAS...3..257D/abstract
http://www.southastrodel.com/Page034.htm
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Memoirs_of_the_Astronomical_Society_of_L/I2paAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Approximate+Places+of+Double+Stars+in+the+Southern+Hemisphere%22&pg=PA257&printsec=frontcover
| Prefix | Example | | |
| Δ | Δ 38 | | |
| DUN | DUN 38 | or Dun | |
| Dunlop | Dunlop 38 | | |
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Referenced by page:
double star designation
Index