Re: Number of stars in sky

On Feb 23, 8:41=A0am, IsaacKuo <mech...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> I recently wondered the same thing, because I'm trying to analyze
> the performance of an occultation sensor network. =A0The basic
> idea behind an occultation sensor network is that each sensor
> drone simply stares at all known pinprick light source stars and
> looks for any of them briefly winking out. =A0This corresponds to
> a detection of a target.

Is there anything that would naturally result in occultation other
than...whatever targets your sensor net is designed to look for?  Some
extremely short-period variable star, for instance?  A close binary
where a brown dwarf eclipses its companion?  Et cetera...