Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment and methods

This book provides a detailed, state-of-the-art overview of key observational and theoretical aspects of the rapidly developing and highly interdisciplinary field of exoplanet science, as viewed through the lenses of eight world-class experts.

It is a pleasure and an honor to offer a few words of forward to Brian Warner's guide to photometry.

The aim of the Space Exploration annuals is to provide a yearly update on recent space launches, missions and results, to be published every September.

In Part 1, the book describes the very latest thinking on solar physics in (mostly non-mathematical) detail, incorporating the latest results from research concerning the structure and behaviour of the Sun.

This book offers an updated comprehensive review of the rapidly expanding field of GRMHD simulations.

What drives a man, born into the shadows of a medieval worldview, to challenge the heavens themselves?

This volume considers the role comets may have played in the origins and evolution of life, particularly in light of recent investigations of Halley's comet, of new insights into organic synthesis in meteorites and comets, and of new results of numerical simulations of cometary orbits and impacts on Earth.

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Neutron stars are the smallest denses stars known, with densities some 1014 times that of the Earth.

Have you ever stopped at a construction project on the way to your office and the day's astrophysics?

All of science springs from the observation of nature.

A stunning ebook with clear navigation for admirers of astrophotography.

It is sometimes said that astronomy is the crossroads of physics.

This book is a collection of selected papers presented at the symposium titled "e;In situ Spectroscopy in Monomer and Polymer Synthesis,"e; held at the April, 2001 ACS National Meeting in San Diego, California, USA.

The Olympia conference Frontiers of Fundamental Physics was a gathering of about hundred scientists who carryon their research in conceptually important areas of physical science (they do "e;fundamental physics"e;).

Essential Spaceflight Dynamics and Magnetospherics describes, in the first instance, some of the key aspects of celestial mechanics and spaceflight dynamics.

A valuable reference for students and professionals in the field of deep space navigation Drawing on fundamental principles and practices developed during decades of deep space exploration at the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), this book documents the formation of program Regres of JPL's Orbit Determination Program (ODP).

Modern astronomical research faces a vast range of statistical issues which have spawned a revival in methodological activity among astronomers.

1st edition: Winner of the 2004 IAA Life Sciences Book Award!

Whereas conventional maps can be expressed as outward-expanding formulae with well-defined central features and relatively poorly defined edges, Constant Scale Natural Boundary (CSNB) maps have well-defined boundaries that result from natural processes and thus allow spatial and dynamic relationships to be observed in a new way useful to understanding these processes.

An historical overview of the development of professional optical and radio observatories from 1945 to today.

In the Victorian era - or for non-British readers, the mid-to-late nineteenth century - amateur astronomy tended to center on Solar System objects.

What do we know about the origins of the Universe, and more important, how do we know it?

Can you remember being impressed by a clear starry sky?

TheverysmallandtheverylargeareintimatelyconnectedinNature.

Most texts on electromagnetic theory follow the classical approach of steady state solutions of Maxwell's equations.

There are currently thousands of amateur astronomers around the world engaged in astrophotography at a sophisticated level.

In our quest to elucidate the origin of the universe and the formation of galaxies, particularly that of the Milky Way in which we live, astounding progress has been made in recent years through observational and theoretical studies.

All three volumes sold as a combined set for a one-time purchase!

The Hidden Hypotheses Behind the Big Bang It is quite unavoidable that many philosophical a priori assumptions lurk behind the debate between supporters of the Big Bang and the anti-BB camp.

In The Earth as a Distant Planet, the authors become external observers of our solar system from a distance and try to determine how one can understand how Earth, the third in distance to the central star, is essentially unique and capable of sustaining life.

This volume collects papers presented, as invited and contributed talks or posters, at the workshop on "e;The NEW Rosetta targets.

On January 20-21, 1964, the Institute for Space Studies of the Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, was host to an international group of astronomers, physicists, and Earth scientists, gathered to discuss the Earth-Moon system.

I have been asked by Professor Kikuchi to write a foreword for this interesting book on Dusty Plasmas and other electrical phenomena.

This volume of Astrophysical Data deals with Planets and Stars; a second volume, Part II, will give data for Galaxies and the Universe.

This non-technical biography of Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn (1851-1922) presents to the general reader the scientific life of the astronomer who pioneered the studies of the structure of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Neutron stars hold a central place in astrophysics, not only because they are made up of the most extreme states of the condensed matter, but also because they are, along with white dwarfs and black holes, one of the stable configurations that stars reach at the end of stellar evolution.

Michael Rowan-Robinson provides a comprehensive history of infrared astronomy in this accessible and well-illustrated guide.

The essential reference for those interested in planetary formation, solar system dynamics, exoplanets and planetary habitability.

This book includes nine chapters written by internationally recognized experts, covering all aspects of millisecond pulsars in one concise and cohesive volume.

The inspiration for this monograph derived from the realization that human technical capacity has become so great that we can, even without malice, substantially modify and damage the gigantic and remote outer limit of our planet, the stratosphere.

This book presents a complete summary of the author's twenty five years of experience in telescope design.

Sir David Bates celebrated his seventieth birthday on the 18th November 1986.

Radio astronomy is a mystery to the majority of amateur astronomers, yet it is the best subject to turn to when desirous of an expanded knowledge of the sky.

The founding of the Dudley Observatory at Albany, N.

Barrie Jones addresses the question "e;are we alone?

Stung by the pioneering space successes of the Soviet Union - in particular, Gagarin being the first man in space, the United States gathered the best of its engineers and set itself the goal of reaching the Moon within a decade.