Gerald North

Advanced Amateur Astronomy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For telescope owners wanting to improve their skills and make observations of real and lasting scientific value.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 896g
• ISBN-13: 9780521574075
• ISBN-10: 0521574072
• Artikelnr.: 22092103

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Telescope optics
2. Atmosphere, seeing, magnification and eyepieces
3. Telescope hardware and adjustments
4. Astrophotography with the camera
5. Astrophotography through the telescope
6. Electronic imaging
7. The Moon
8. The terrestrial planets
9. The gas-giant planets
10. Comets, asteroids, meteors and aurorae
11. The Sun
12. Variable stars and novae
13. Methods of photometry
14. Double stars, star clusters, nebulae, galaxies and supernovae
15. Spectroscopy
16. Radio astronomy
17. Further information
Appendix: useful formulae.