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Eclipsing binaries are little studied by amateur astronomers: to order to observe them the keen observer needs to become a photometrist. This chapter sets out to describe the various types of eclipsing binaries, how to predict the times of minima and the means of measurement - telescope, CCD camera photometric filters and computers - and finally the way in which the reductions are made. The last part explains light curves obtained in several different observing projects, a critique of which is also given.
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Corp, L., Argyle, R.W. (2012). How to Measure the Minima of Eclipsing Binaries; an Amateur’s Experiences. In: Argyle, R.W. (eds) Observing and Measuring Visual Double Stars. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3945-5_20
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