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Visual Photometry: Testing Hypotheses Concerning Bias and Precision
Alan B. Whiting
Visual photometry, the estimation of stellar brightness by eye, continues to provide valuable data even in this highly-instrumented era. However, the eye-brain system functions dif…
Ordering the universe with naked-eye observations
Alan B. Whiting
The geocentric universe, in its most developed form as set out by Ptolemy, was a remarkably successful and coherent theory. It did not, however, specify the order of the planets, t…
Applying Popper's Probability
Alan B. Whiting
Professor Sir Karl Popper (1902-1994) was one of the most influential philosophers of science of the twentieth century, best known for his doctrine of falsifiability. His axiomatic…
The kinematical center and mass profile of the Local Group
Alan B. Whiting
Abandoning the assumption that light traces mass, I seek the location of the center of the Local Group of galaxies based solely on kinematic data and the plausible assumption of in…
Visual Photometry: Colour and Brightness Spacing of Comparison Stars
Alan B. Whiting
A significant amount of data on the historical and current behaviour of variable stars is derived from visual estimates of brightness using a set of comparison stars. To make optim…
Problems with Popper
Alan B. Whiting
Professor Sir Karl Popper (1902-1994) was one of the most influential philosophers of science of the twentieth century. However, in his most famous work he displays misunderstandin…