Publications

Below is a listing of my astronomical publications.  The articles themselves can be accessed by clicking on the bibliographic citation.

“Azeglio Bemporad and the BEM Double Stars”  S.C. Smith, M. Prunotto, JDSO, Vol 13, No. 3, 2017, p. 327-362.

“STT Doubles with Large ΔM – Part II: Leo and UMa” W. Knapp, J. Nanson, S.C. Smith, JDSO, Vol 12, No. 2, 2016, p. 111-127.

“STT Doubles with Large Delta M – Part I: Gem”  W. Knapp, J. Nanson, S.C. Smith, JDSO, Vol 11, No 4, 2015, p. 390-401.

“In Search of DAL 45: Observing on the Edge with a 4 Inch Refractor”  S.C. Smith, J. Nanson, JDSO, Vol 10 No. 3,  2014, p. 179-184.

“How Nu Coronae Borealis Lost its Five Star Rating or One Less Star in the Northern Crown”  J. Nanson, S.C. Smith, C. Thumen, JDSO, Vol 11 No. 1, p. 12-17.

“The Demise of POP 1232 and New Measures of HLM 40 and POP 201”  J. Nanson, S.C. Smith, JDSO, Vol 10, No. 2, 2014, p 139-144. 

“Chasing 61 Cygni”  Steve Smith, Astronomical League Reflector, Mar 2018, Vol. 70, No 2, pgs 18-20.

List of Color-Contrasting Double Stars – rev 6-12-20

List of Color-Contrasting Physical Binary Stars with Orange or Red Secondaries – rev 12-1-20

Photo Credit – Sky and Telescope Magazine – December 2022, pg 31

Photo Credit – Annals of the Deep Sky Volume 10, Jeff Kanipe, Sky Publishing Oct 2023. Photo of 40 Eridani on page 237.

Photo Credit – American Astronomical Society website: This Month in Astronomical History” January 2024. Photo of 40 Eridani.