Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment and methods

This accessible handbook demonstrates how reflected light can be measured and used to investigate the properties of Solar System objects.

This history of astronomy in Egypt reveals how modern science came to play an authoritative role in Islamic religious practice.

A thorough introduction to radio astronomy and techniques for students and researchers approaching radio astronomy for the first time.

A thorough introduction to radio astronomy and techniques for students and researchers approaching radio astronomy for the first time.

A reference for astronomers and historians on astronomical spectroscopy, from the discovery of spectral lines through to the year 2000.

A reference for astronomers and historians on astronomical spectroscopy, from the discovery of spectral lines through to the year 2000.

This book examines how our understanding of the cosmos advanced rapidly during the twentieth century and identifies factors contributing to this progress.

This book examines how our understanding of the cosmos advanced rapidly during the twentieth century and identifies factors contributing to this progress.

Revised second edition for advanced undergraduate students in astronomy and astrophysics.

Provides an up-to-date overview of the theoretical, experimental and analytical tools for carrying out asteroseismological observations and inferences.

Provides an up-to-date overview of the theoretical, experimental and analytical tools for carrying out asteroseismological observations and inferences.

This is the first book for astronomers who wish to use molecular emissions as a tool to explore the Universe.

This is the first book for astronomers who wish to use molecular emissions as a tool to explore the Universe.

First published in 1999, this is an expanded and updated edition of the best-selling, standard handbook on astrophotography for amateurs.

A rigorous, engaging advanced textbook on stellar atmospheres: from equipment and observational techniques to analysis and applications.

Comprehensive, accessible, and physically based description of the approaches currently used to detect light, from X-ray to mm-wave.

Comprehensive, accessible, and physically based description of the approaches currently used to detect light, from X-ray to mm-wave.

This book provides a brief and pedagogic introduction to a variety of topics, with a common motif that they all occur, in some way or other, in "e;the sky"e;, and involve some sort of "e;rhythm"e;.

The Heavens on Earth explores the place of the observatory in nineteenth-century science and culture.

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Available as an epub for the first timeGateway to the Moon presents the definitive history of the origins, design, and construction of the lunar launch facilities at Kennedy Space Center, the terrestrial site of one of the greatest achievements of humankind: the first trip to the moon.

Was, wenn der Urknall weniger eine unumstößliche Wahrheit als vielmehr eine gedankliche ›Erfindung‹ ist?

What We See in the Stars Kelsey Oseid is a richly illustrated guide to the myths, histories, and science of the celestial bodies of our solar system, with stories and information about constellations, planets, comets, the northern lights, and more.

The opening of the Parkes radio telescope in October 1961 placed Australia at the forefront of international research in radio astronomy and ushered in an era of rapid developments in our understanding of the origin and nature of the Universe and our place within it.

Intelligent information Retrieval comprehensively surveys scientific information retrieval, which is characterized by growing convergence of information expressed in varying complementary forms of data - textual, numerical, image, and graphics; by the fundamental transformation which the scientific library is currently being subjected to; and by computer networking which as become an essential element of the research fabric.

Bridging the gap between physics and astronomy, this is the first integrated graduate-level textbook on atomic astrophysics.

Valuable reference resource for students and researchers containing over 250 full-color images of some of the best-observed galaxies.

The first star atlas devoted to the Herschel objects, a must-have for stargazers who want to explore these fascinating objects.

The first star atlas devoted to the Herschel objects, a must-have for stargazers who want to explore these fascinating objects.

This book is an important resource to all those interested in the history of modern astronomy and visual deep-sky observing.

Capturing the excitement of X-ray astronomy, this second edition textbook for undergraduate students now covers a broader range of topics.

This book contains lectures on 3D spectroscopy techniques and data.

Review of astronomical photometry for graduate students, researchers and advanced amateurs in practical and observational astronomy.

Revised second edition for advanced undergraduate students in astronomy and astrophysics.

A hands-on primer for the aspiring observer of the Moon, providing extensive practical advice for novices and experienced astronomers.

A concise introduction and overview of variable stars, for undergraduate students and experienced amateur astronomers, first published in 2007.

A unique guide introducing the latest modern resources available to amateur observers.

First published in 1999, this is an expanded and updated edition of the best-selling, standard handbook on astrophotography for amateurs.

The first handbook that describes how to start observing the sky with a computerized telescope.

A 2003 introduction to basic practical tools, methods and phenomena that underlie quantitative astronomy.

This book, first published in 2006, describes the theory and uses of interferometry for advanced students in physics, optics and astronomy.

New updated edition of popular handbook; a concise and accessible reference on all practical aspects.

Fully revised and updated guide to the night sky, now in full colour.

This book describes the development of astronomy in the Extreme Ultraviolet wavelength range.

A comprehensive overview of important approaches to photon detection from ultraviolet to submillimeter spectral regions.

A complete guide to observing the Messier Objects.

The second volume of a series of books dealing with effect of the atmosphere on electromagnetic propagation.

Summary of the achievements of the Hubble Space Telescope in its first decade of operation.

A revised edition describing remote sensing of the Solar System through studies of infrared radiation.

This book presents a complete overview of spectropolarimetry for graduates and researchers.