Probably the greatest need of stellar astronomy... in order to make sure that our theoretical deductions are starting on the right lines, is some mea… - Arthur Eddington
" "Probably the greatest need of stellar astronomy... in order to make sure that our theoretical deductions are starting on the right lines, is some means of measuring the apparent angular diameters of stars. At present we can calculate them approximately from theory, but there is no observational check. ...If the direct measurement ...could be made with any accuracy it would make a wonderfully rapid advance in our knowledge. The prospects... are now... hopeful. ...[W]ork is being carried out by interferometer methods with the 100-in. reflector at Mt. Wilson, and the results are promising. At present the method has been applied only to measuring the separation of close s... Although the great mirror is used for convenience, the interferometer method does not in principle require great apertures, but rather two small apertures widely separated, as in a range-finder.
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About Arthur Eddington
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington OM FRS (28 December 1882 – 22 November 1944) was an English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician. He was also a philosopher of science and a populariser of science. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object, is named in his honour.
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