A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis

• Main Author: Warner, Brian D. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series,
• Subjects: Popular works.; Photography.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.

For those with access to even a modest telescope and CCD camera, this new and improved guide delivers all the information needed to take part in the scientific study of asteroids and variable stars. New techniques in photometry continue to be refined, and expert Brian Warner covers the developing te...

Table of Contents:

• Getting Started
• Targets of Opportunity
• Photometry Fundamentals
• The Photometry Primer
• Photometric Reductions
• Second Order Extinction
• Telescopes and Cameras
• Imaging and Photometry Software
• Collecting Photons
• Analyzing the Data
• Period Analysis
• Building Star Systems
• Publishing Your Data and Results.