Sky Is Your Laboratory Advanced Astronomy Projects for Amateurs

Name: Sky Is Your Laboratory Advanced Astronomy Projects for Amateurs
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ISBN: 9780387718224

ISBN-10: 0387718222

ISBN-13: 9780387718224

Edition: 2007

Authors: Robert K. Buchheim

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For the experienced amateur astronomer who is wondering if there is something useful, valuable, and permanent that can be done with his or her observational skills, the answer is, "Yes, you can!" This is the book for the experienced amateur astronomer who is ready to take a new step in his or her astronomical journey. Unfortunately, there is no modern text that points curious amateur astronomers to the research possibilities that are open to them. At the 2006 meeting of the Society for Astronomical Sciences, quite a few participants agreed that the lack of such a text was a serious gap in the astronomical book market, and that this gap is impeding their efforts to encourage more amateur…

Book details

List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Springer New York
Publication date: 7/31/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 302
Size: 9.45" wide x 6.69" long x 0.27" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English




Meteor studies



Occultations



Visual variable star observing



CCD photometry



CCD astrometry



Discovery projects



Further avenues



Some notes on time



Some notes on astrometry



The scientist's record book



Measurement and uncertainty