Observer's Guide to Astronomy

Name: Observer's Guide to Astronomy
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ISBN: 9780521379458

ISBN-10: 0521379458

ISBN-13: 9780521379458

Edition: 1994

Authors: Patrick Martinez, Storm Dunlop

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This guide provides comprehensive practical information for both beginning and advanced amateur astronomers on how to make scientifically significant observations. The book explains in detail how to observe every conceivable astronomical object--from meteors to distant galaxies. It presents a wide variety of methods ranging from the simplest visual observations, such as making pencil drawings of the surface of the Moon, to the use of highly sophisticated equipment, such as CCD cameras and photoelectric photometers. It also explains how to record and catalog observations using recognized professional terminology and classification schemes. The volume's emphasis throughout is on giving…

Book details

List price: $94.99
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/22/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 612
Size: 6.77" wide x 9.69" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 2.860
Language: English




Contents (Volumes 1 & 2)


The contributors


Summary (Volumes 1 & 2)


Preface


Translator+s preface



The Sun



Observing the Sun with a coronograph



Solar eclipses



The Moon



Planetary surfaces



Planetary satellites



The minor planets



Comets



Occultations



Artificial satellites


Notes, references and bibliography - Volume 1



Contents (Volumes 1 & 2)


The contributors


Summary (Volumes 1 & 2)



Aurorae



Meteors



Double and multiple stars



Variable stars



Deep sky novae and supernovae



Plate comparisons



Astrometry



Spectroscopy



Photoelectric photometry



Image-intensifiers and CCDs


Appendices



Time scales



The T60 Association


Notes


references and bibliography - Volume 2