Isaac Roberts, Roberts Isaac

Photographs of Stars, Star-Clusters and Nebulae

Together with Information Concerning the Instruments and the Methods Employed in the Pursuit of Celes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Published between 1893 and 1899, this two-volume work illustrates the research of a pioneer of modern astronomy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 210mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781108015226
• ISBN-10: 1108015220
• Artikelnr.: 32140814

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Isaac Roberts' observatory, Crowborough Hill
Isaac Roberts' telescopes
List of the plates
List of the abbreviations
1. The negatives
2. Arrangement of the photographs
3. Epoch of the Fiducial stars (A.D. 1900)
4. A table for converting measurements in right ascensions into intervals of time
5. Illustrations of the method for determining the right ascensions and declinations of the stars
6. Introduction
Utility of the photographic charts
7. Refractors and reflectors as photo-instruments
8. Requirements and adjustments of a reflector for celestial photography
9. Collimation of the mirror
10. Essentials of a photo-telescope
11. Method for testing the stability of a photo-instrument
12. Photographic plates: their exposures and development
13. Description of the photographs and references concerning them
14. Deductions from the photographs.