Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods books

The interstellarum Deep Sky Guide is an innovative illustrated guide to accompany the well-received interstellarum...  Read More >>

This book gathers selected and expanded contributions presented at the 4th Symposium on Space Optical Instruments...  Read More >>

From phenomena as old and far-off as a supernova witnessed a thousand years ago, and as recent and nearby as Sputnik's...  Read More >>

Now into its 20th year, the annual Nightscenes book gives clear concise information on what to look out for during...  Read More >>

Masers are the microwave analogue of lasers. Astronomical sources of natural maser emission include the gas around...  Read More >>

Clifford Cunningham, a dedicated scholar, opens to scrutiny this critical moment of astronomical discovery, continuing...  Read More >>

This book assesses the origin of asteroids by analyzing the discovery of Vesta in 1807. Wilhelm Olbers, who discovered...  Read More >>

This book presents the principal structure of space systems, functionality, media and applications for modern remote...  Read More >>

In view of the current and forthcoming observational data on pulsar wind nebulae, this book offers an assessment...  Read More >>

The authors describe the design and construction of major radio telescopes as those in Dwingeloo, Jodrell Bank,...  Read More >>

This book describes prominent technological achievements within a very successful space science mission: the Herschel...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

This thesis combines a theoretical model of galaxy formation with a treatment of the radiative transfer in the titular...  Read More >>

This book presents the proceedings of the IVth Azores International Advanced School in Space Sciences entitled ""Asteroseismology...  Read More >>

This biography covers the life of Lewis Swift (1820-1913), who discovered 13 comets and nearly 1,200 other deep...  Read More >>

This outstanding thesis by Dominic Bowman provides a thorough investigation of long-standing questions as to whether...  Read More >>

Targeting advanced students of astronomy and physics, as well as astronomers and physicists contemplating research...  Read More >>

The uses of time in astronomy - from pointing telescopes, coordinating and processing observations, predicting ephemerides,...  Read More >>

The survey encompasses four interrelated disciplines: history of literature, history of myth, history of science,...  Read More >>

This book combines elementary theory from computer science with real-world challenges in global geodetic observation,...  Read More >>

This book consists of invited reviews written by world-renowned experts on the subject of the outskirts of galaxies,...  Read More >>

High time-resolution astrophysics (HTRA) involves measuring and studying astronomical phenomena on timescales of...  Read More >>

This textbook provides students with a solid introduction to the techniques of approximation commonly used in data...  Read More >>

Covering topics of radio astronomy, this book contains graduate-level problems with carefully presented solutions....  Read More >>

A brief exposition on dust in the diffuse interstellar medium is followed by a discussion of molecular clouds in...  Read More >>