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On the telescopic disks of stars - a review and analysis of stellar observations from the early 17th through the middle 19th centuries
Christopher M. Graney, Timothy P. Grayson
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 th…
physics.hist-ph2006
The Accuracy of Galileo's Observations and the Early Search for Stellar Parallax
Christopher M. Graney
The question of annual stellar parallax is usually viewed as having been a "win-win situation" for seventeenth-century astronomers who subscribed to the Copernican view of universe…
physics.hist-ph2006
Galileo's Double Star: The Experiment That "Proved" the Earth Did Not Move
Christopher M. Graney
Great opportunities arise for teaching physics, astronomy, and their histories when new discoveries are made that involve concepts accessible to students at every level. Such an op…