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The Observation of Red Variables

Volume 14 number 1 (1985)

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Henk Feijth

Abstract

The accuracy of the estimates of the brightness of red variables may be improved by using observational techniques which are defined as accurately as possible and which are used by all observers. In this article an attempt to achieve this goal is made by reviewing the possible sources that enhance the spread.