David Levy's Guide to Variable Stars

Name: David Levy's Guide to Variable Stars
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ISBN: 9780521608602

ISBN-10: 0521608600

ISBN-13: 9780521608602

Edition: 2nd 2005

Authors: David H. Levy

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Found throughout the universe, variable stars are fascinating objects to observe. Their brightness changes over time and they can easily be seen with even the most basic equipment. David Levy explains how to begin electronic (or CCD) observing, as well as how to observe variable stars through a small telescope or binoculars. Featuring a section on Southern hemisphere stars, this book covers various types of objects that can be observed by amateur astronomers, including more exotic phenomena like gamma ray bursts, blazars, and polars. It will motivate anyone with even a basic interest in astronomy to begin observing variable stars. David H. Levy is one of the most successful comet hunters in…

Book details

List price: $57.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/15/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 276
Size: 6.85" wide x 9.69" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

David H Levy is an astronomer and science writer most famous for his co-discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy, which collided with Jupiter in 1994.



Foreword to the first edition


Preface


Acknowledgments



Getting to know the sky



Beginning with the Big Dipper



Magnitude, color, and distance



A word on binoculars and telescopes



Learning to see



Getting to know the variables



Meeting the family



Getting started with Cepheids



Algol, the demon of autumn



How to estimate a variable



Names and records



How your observations help us understand a variable star



Observing hints



Observing with CCDs



Stately and wonderful



Stars of challenge



Bright, easy, and interesting



Betelgeuse: easy and hard



Not too regular



Nova? What nova?



Supernovae



Clyde Tombaugh's star and the family of cataclysmic variables



A nova in reverse?



RU Lupi?



Orion, the star factory



Other variable things



The Sun



Suggested variables for observation throughout the year



Introduction



January, February, March



April, May, June



July, August, September



October, November, December



Southern sky notes



A miscellany



Stars and people



"Hands-on Astrophysics" and the next generation



Going further



Glossary and abbreviations


Index