# Surveying the Bright Stars by Optical Interferometry I: A Search for Multiplicity Among Stars of Spectral Types F - K

@article{Hutter2016SurveyingTB,
title={Surveying the Bright Stars by Optical Interferometry I: A Search for Multiplicity Among Stars of Spectral Types F - K},
author={Donald Hutter and Robert T. Zavala and Christopher Tycner and J. Benson and Christian A. Hummel and Jason J. Sanborn and Otto G. Franz and Kenneth J. Johnston},
journal={arXiv: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics},
year={2016}
}
We present the first results from an ongoing survey for multiplicity among the bright stars using the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer (NPOI). We first present a summary of NPOI observations of known multiple systems, including the first detection of the companion of $\beta$ Scuti with precise relative astrometry, to illustrate the instrument's detection sensitivity for binaries at magnitude differences $\Delta$$m$ $\lessapprox$ 3 over the range of angular separation 3 - 860… Expand
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