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  title info:
    title: Telescopes and Techniques
  name:
    name part: Kitchin, C. R.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2013
    edition: 3rd ed. 2013.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XIX, 255 p. 133 illus., 13 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: Telescopes and Techniques has proved itself in its first two editions, having become probably one of the most widely used astronomy texts, both for amateur astronomers and astronomy and astrophysics undergraduates. Both earlier editions of the book were widely used for introductory practical astronomy courses in many universities. In this Third Edition the author guides the reader through the mathematics, physics and practical techniques needed to use today's telescopes (from the smaller models to the larger instruments installed in many colleges) and how to find objects in the sky. Most of the physics and engineering involved is described fully and requires little prior knowledge or experience. Both visual and electronic imaging techniques are covered, together with an introduction to how data (measurements) should be processed and analyzed. A simple introduction to radio telescopes is also included. Brief coverage of the more advanced topics of photometry and spectroscopy are included, but mainly to enable the reader to see some of the developments possible from the basic observing techniques covered in the rest of the book. For anyone intending to enter astronomy as a professional, an understanding of the physics is essential - and this newest version of Telescopes and Techniques is one of the best starting points!
  table of contents: Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Part I: Telescopes -- Chapter 1: Types of Telescopes -- Chapter 2: Telescope Optics -- Chapter 3: Modern Small Telescope Design -- Part II: Positions and Motions -- Chapter 4: Positions in the Sky -- Chapter 5: Movements of Objects in the Sky -- Chapter 6: Telescope Mountings -- Part III: Observing -- Chapter 7: Electromagnetic Radiation -- Chapter 8: Visual Observing -- Chapter 9: Detectors and Imaging -- Chapter 10: Data Processing -- Chapter 11: Photometry -- Chapter 12: Spectroscopy -- Appendix A: For Further Reading -- Appendix B: Constellations -- Appendix C: Answers to Exercises -- Appendix D: SI and Other Units -- Appendix E: The Greek Alphabet -- Index.
  note: by C. R. Kitchin.
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Observations, Astronomical
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy
    topic: Observations
  subject:
    topic: Optics
  subject:
    topic: Optoelectronics
  subject:
    topic: Plasmons (Physics)
  subject:
    topic: Spectroscopy
  subject:
    topic: Microscopy
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
  subject:
    topic: Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices
  subject:
    topic: Spectroscopy and Microscopy
  classification: QB4
  classification: 520
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
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  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4891-4
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    record change date: 20151123194816.0
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