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A general catalogue of double stars within 121⁰ of the north pole

Burnham, S. W. (Sherburne Wesley), 1838-1921 · 1906 · [Washington] Carnegie Institute of Washington · 154 pictures

A two-volume observational catalogue of double stars compiled by American astronomer S. W. Burnham and published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington in 1906 for working astronomers and observatories. The plates are polar-coordinate plots of orbital motion: heavy black dots joined by thin lines, labelled with observation years, crossed by ruled axes and small angular scales.

Stars · Double stars

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