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Re: Will anyone ever find Shackleton's lost ship?
From: Robin Stuart
Date: 2022 Feb 10, 06:41 -0800
From: Robin Stuart
Date: 2022 Feb 10, 06:41 -0800
Peter,
Thanks for your interest and suggestion. I can't claim to be an expert but I think it unlikely that the proper motion of isolated stars changes enough over the course of 100 years that it would make a significant difference for us. This is not the case for A Ophiuchi which is a binary system and if I remember correctly has a period of around 400 years. This was taken into account in our analysis and is discussed in the paper,
Regards,
Robin
