Observer's Guide to Variable Stars

• Main Author: Griffiths, Martin (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series,
• Subjects: Astronomy.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Astrophysics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

This book contains everything you need to know about variable stars -- stars whose brightness varies noticeably over time. The study of variable stars has been a particularly popular area of research for amateurs for many years; the material contained herein serves as both an introduction to amateur...

Table of Contents:

• Dedication
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Chapter 1: An Introduction to Variable Stars
• Chapter 2: The Astrophysics of Variable Stars
• Chapter 3: Observing Techniques
• Chapter 4 Instrumentation and Equipment
• Chapter 5: Variable Star Photometry
• Chapter 6: Observing Variable Stars with Binoculars
• Chapter 7: Giant Stars and Their Variability
• Chapter 8: Cepheids and Other Variable Types
• Chapter 9: Rotating Variable Stars
• Chapter 10: Following the Light
• Eclipsing Variable Stars
• Chapter 11: Explosive and Eruptive Variable Stars
• Chapter 12: Unusual Variables
• X-Rays and Visual GROs
• Chapter 13: Variable Star Associations
• Chapter 14: Variable Stars to Observe
• Appendix: Spectrosocopy of Variable Stars
• Glossary
• References and Further Reading
• Index.