Handbook of Practical Astronomy

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Roth, Günter D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Θέματα: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

With amateurs, students, and teachers of astronomy in high schools and colleges particularly in mind, the Handbook of Practical Astronomy is an essential source to demonstrate trends and variety of astronomical observations. The book presents the substance of celestial bodies for the amateur observe...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Why Astronomy (G.D. Roth)
• Fundamentals of Spherical Astronomy (M. Gottwald/F. Schmeidler)
• Applied Mathematics and the Computer (M. Gottwald/F. Schmeidler)
• Optics and Telescopes (B. Weisheit/H. Nicklas)
• Mountings and Drives (B. Weisheit/H.G. Ziegler))
• Astrophotography (K.-P. Schröder/H. Lüthen)
• Fundamentals of Spectral Analysis (G. Rupprecht/R.Häfner)
• Principles of Photometry (H.W. Duerbeck)
• Fundamentals of Radio Astronomy (M.J. Neumann/P. Wright)
• Modern Sundials (F. Schmeidler)
• Historical Exploration of Modern Astronomy (G.D. Roth)
• The Social Astronomer (V. Witt)
• The Sun (K. Reinsch/M. Delfs/E. Junker/P. Völker)
• The Moon (G.D. Roth)
• Eclipses and Transits (C. Treichel)
• Occultations of Stars (C. Treichel)
• Artificial Earth Satellites (C. Treichel)
• Observation of the Planets (G.D. Roth)
• Minor Planets (H. Böhnhardt)
• Comets (H. Böhnhardt)
• Meteors (F. Schmeidler)
• Noctilucent Clouds, Polar Aurorae, and the Zodiacal Light (Ch. Leinert)
• The Terrestrial Atmosphere and its Effects on Astronomicak Observations (F. Schmeidler)
• The Stars (K.-P. Schröder)
• Variable Stars (H.W. Duerbeck)
• Binary Stars (H.W. Duerbeck)
• The Milky Way and its Objects (K.-P. Schröder)
• Extragalactic Objects (J. Feitzinger).