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For the latest Hanwell report on Gamma Virginis - see: http://www.hanwellobservatory. org.uk/ and follow the links. Gamma Vir is not currently viewable from my location, but I intend to take some images when it comes round again. I took some images early in "totality", i.e. when the separation was below the resolving limit of my 4 inch refractor. In due course, I intend to establish the centre of mass and the relative masses of the two from my own observations, just for my own satisfaction (I don't claim to be equipped for precision astrometry). However, it seems likely that Gamma Vir has a reaaonably massive unseen companion (or the 19th Century measurements were erroneous which seems unlikely). This would, of course, screw up an attempt to establish the position of the C of M. If so, I wonder if there is a reasonably simple rule (e.g. a geometric one) for extracting the position of a third member of the group or of establishing the position of the C of M of the group from observations of two members only? |
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