History of Astronomy : Topics

History of Astronomy: Topics: Stellar Astronomy

• Stellar Astronomy, by William Nielsen Brandt
  A timeline
• Double Stars To Follow, by Martin Gaskell
  Including the observation history, especially in parts II and III.
• The First Known Variable Stars, by Hartmut Frommert and Christine Kronberg
• A New View Of Mizar, by Leos Ondra
  About the double star Mizar (Zeta UMa).
• Pickering, Edward C.: On the Spectrum of Zeta Ursae Majoris
  American Journal of Science, 3rd Ser., vol. 39, pp. 46-47, 1890
• The Story of Lalande 21185, by Ken Croswell
  Adapted from Sky & Telescope, June 1995
• Le prime osservazioni di stelle doppie, by Umberto Fedele (in Italian)
  The first observation of a double star

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 23 July 1996. Latest update: 17 May 2000