On the Telescopic Disks of Stars: A Review and Analysis of Stellar Observations from the Early Seventeenth through the Middle Nineteenth Centuries.

Since the dawn of telescopic astronomy astronomers have observed and measured the ‘spurious’ telescopic disks of stars, generally reporting that brighter stars have larger disks than fainter stars. Early observers such as Galileo Galilei interpreted these disks as being the physical bodies of stars;...

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Published in:	Annals of Science Vol. 68; no. 3; pp. 351 - 374
Main Authors:	Graney, ChristopherM., Grayson, TimothyP.
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2011
Subjects:	Star observations History of astronomy Telescopes Airy, George Biddell, 1801-1892 Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695 Herschel, William Marius, Simon Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742 Illusion (Philosophy) Wave theory of light Astronomical photography History
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