D. Scott Birney, Guillermo Gonzalez, David Oesper

Observational Astronomy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

New and updated edition of advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate textbook on observational astronomy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 742g
• ISBN-13: 9780521853705
• ISBN-10: 0521853702
• Artikelnr.: 21005748

Inhaltsangabe

1. The celestial sphere and coordinate systems
2. Time
3. Charts and catalogs
4. Applications of the spherical triangle
5. Quantifying light
6. Optical telescopes
7. Effects of the atmosphere
8. Light detectors
9. CCD calibrations
10. Astronomical photometry
11. Astrometry
12. Spectrographs
13. Spectroscopy
14. Variable stars
15. Observing the sun
Appendices
Index.