Toward a Common Language: The Washington Multiplicity Catalog

Abstract

Due to improvements in technology (interferometers, precision radial-velocity techniques, etc.), the traditional separation/period regimes of "wide" and "close" binaries are witnessing increasing overlap. This is expected to lead to increasing confusion in component identification, since different observing techniques adopted their own rules for designation of these components. A quick overview will be given of the Washington Multiplicity Catalog, an effort to create a common nomenclature scheme for all types of stellar and sub-stellar companions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA470349

Entities

People

  • William I. Hartkopf

Organizations

  • United States Naval Observatory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Binary Stars
  • Catalogs
  • Databases
  • Hierarchies
  • Information Operations
  • Interferometers
  • Interferometry
  • K Band
  • Language
  • Literature
  • Nomenclature
  • Observatories
  • Radial Velocity
  • Spearography
  • Spectral Lines
  • Stars
  • Variable Stars

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Systems Analysis and Design