most citedRegarding the Potential Impact of Double Star Observations on Conceptions of the Universe of Stars in the Early 17th Century

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Regarding the Potential Impact of Double Star Observations on Conceptions of the Universe of Stars in the Early 17th Century

Christopher M. Graney, Henry Sipes

Galileo Galilei believed that stars were distant suns whose sizes, measured via his telescope, were a direct indication of distance -- fainter stars (appearing smaller in the teles…