Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods books

1927 books were found.

La correspondance entre Henri Poincaré, les astronomes, et les géodésiens

La correspondance entre Henri Poincaré, les astronomes,...

Author: Scott A. Walter ,  Philippe Nabonnand
ISBN: 9783764371678
Format: Hardback
$451.95

La correspondance de Poincaré éditée et annotée dans ce volume concerne, au-delà des mémoires mathématiques, l'activité...  Read More >>

A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis

A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis...

Author: Brian D. Warner
ISBN: 9783319327495
Format: Paperback
$129.35

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Surveying the Skies: How Astronomers Map the Universe

Surveying the Skies: How Astronomers Map the Universe...

Author: Gareth Wynn-Williams
ISBN: 9783319285085
Format: Paperback
$77.60

It is these surveys of discovery that are the subject of this book. In the first few chapters the author discusses...  Read More >>

Imaging Sunlight Using a Digital Spectroheliograph

Imaging Sunlight Using a Digital Spectroheliograph

Author: Ken M. Harrison
ISBN: 9783319248721
Format: Paperback
$72.42

The software required to process the images is explained and step by step examples provided, with various digital...  Read More >>

Radio Astronomy: International Astronomical Union Symposium No. 4

Radio Astronomy: International Astronomical Union Symposium...

Author: H. C. Van De Hulst
ISBN: 9781316612811
Format: Paperback
$121.59

Originally published in 1957, this book presents symposium number 4, organised by the International Astronomical...  Read More >>

A Far-Infrared Spectro-Spatial Space Interferometer: Instrument Simulator and Testbed Implementation

A Far-Infrared Spectro-Spatial Space Interferometer:...

Author: Roser Juanola-Parramon
ISBN: 9783319293998
Format: Hardback
$258.72

This thesis describes the physics and computational aspects of an end-to-end simulator to predict the performance...  Read More >>

Star Clusters and Black Holes in Galaxies across Cosmic Time (IAU S312)

Star Clusters and Black Holes in Galaxies across Cosmic...

Author: Yohai Meiron (Peking University, Beijing) ,  Shuo Li
ISBN: 9781107078727
Format: Hardback
$209.56

IAU Symposium 312 brings together experts on high resolution observations, theoretical modelling and computational...  Read More >>

Essential Radio Astronomy

Essential Radio Astronomy

Author: James J. Condon ,  Scott M. Ransom
ISBN: 9780691137797
Format: Hardback
$155.00

Essential Radio Astronomy is the only textbook on the subject specifically designed for a one-semester introductory...  Read More >>

The Life Story of an Infrared Telescope

The Life Story of an Infrared Telescope

Author: John K. Davies
ISBN: 9783319235783
Format: Hardback
$155.22

Written by one of the astronomers who 'lived the dream' of working there this book is a restrospectively expanded...  Read More >>

The Hunt for Alien Life: A Wider Perspective

The Hunt for Alien Life: A Wider Perspective

Author: Peter Linde
ISBN: 9783319241166
Format: Paperback
$85.36

Astronomer Peter Linde takes the reader through the story of the search for extraterrestrial life in a captivating...  Read More >>

How Do You Find an Exoplanet?

How Do You Find an Exoplanet?

Author: John Asher Johnson
ISBN: 9780691156811
Format: Hardback
$62.99

An authoritative primer on the four key techniques that today's planet hunters use to detect the feeble signals...  Read More >>

Classical Pendulum Feels Quantum Back-Action

Classical Pendulum Feels Quantum Back-Action

Author: Nobuyuki Matsumoto
ISBN: 9784431558804
Format: Hardback
$258.72

In this thesis, ultimate sensitive measurement forweak force imposed on a suspended mirror is performed with the...  Read More >>

Enhancing Hubble's Vision: Service Missions That Expanded Our View of the Universe

Enhancing Hubble's Vision: Service Missions That Expanded...

Author: David J. Shayler ,  David M. Harland
ISBN: 9783319226439
Format: Paperback
$64.66

This book tells the story of the four missions to maintain Hubble's successful operation. Between 1997 and 2009...  Read More >>

Deep Sky Observing: An Astronomical Tour

Deep Sky Observing: An Astronomical Tour

Author: Steven R. Coe
ISBN: 9783319225296
Format: Paperback
$85.36

There are comprehensive lists of deep sky objects of all kinds, along with Steve's own observations describing how...  Read More >>

Interferometers: Fundamentals, Methods & Applications

Interferometers: Fundamentals, Methods & Applications...

Author: Kystal Harmon
ISBN: 9781634836920
Format: Hardback
$652.08

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Gravitational Wave Astrophysics with Pulsar Timing Arrays

Gravitational Wave Astrophysics with Pulsar Timing Arrays...

Author: Chiara M. F. Mingarelli
ISBN: 9783319184005
Format: Paperback
$206.97

thesis from the University of Birmingham UK opens new research avenues in the use of Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs)...  Read More >>

The Hubble Space Telescope: From Concept to Success

The Hubble Space Telescope: From Concept to Success...

Author: David J. Shayler ,  David M. Harland
ISBN: 9781493928262
Format: Paperback
$131.97

The highly successful Hubble Space Telescope was meant to change our view and understanding of the universe. Within...  Read More >>

The Lost Art of Finding Our Way

The Lost Art of Finding Our Way

Author: John Edward Huth
ISBN: 9780674088078
Format: Paperback
$68.64

Long before GPS and Google Earth, humans traveled vast distances using environmental clues and simple instruments....  Read More >>

Coloring the Universe: An Insider's Look at Making Spectacular Images of Space

Coloring the Universe: An Insider's Look at Making Spectacular...

Author: Travis Rector ,  Kimberly Arcand
ISBN: 9781602232730
Format: Hardback
$145.20

With a fleet of telescopes in space and giant observatories on the ground, professional astronomers produce hundreds...  Read More >>

The Starlight Night: The Sky in the Writings of Shakespeare, Tennyson, and Hopkins

The Starlight Night: The Sky in the Writings of Shakespeare,...

Author: David H. Levy
ISBN: 9783319198774
Format: Hardback
$284.60

Although the sky enters into much of literature through the ages, British authors offer an especially fertile connection...  Read More >>

Remote Observatories for Amateur Astronomers: Using High-Powered Telescopes from Home

Remote Observatories for Amateur Astronomers: Using...

Author: Gerald R. Hubbell ,  Richard J. Williams
ISBN: 9783319219059
Format: Paperback
$85.36

Amateur astronomers who want to enhance their capabilities to contribute to science need look no farther than this...  Read More >>

Terahertz Astronomy

Terahertz Astronomy

Author: Christopher K. Walker
ISBN: 9781466570429
Format: Hardback
$368.00

A Powerful Window into Cosmic Evolution Terahertz (THz) observations of interstellar atoms, molecules, and dust...  Read More >>

The Vixen Star Book User Guide: How to Use the Star Book TEN and the Original Star Book

The Vixen Star Book User Guide: How to Use the Star...

Author: James Chen ,  Adam Chen
ISBN: 9783319215921
Format: Paperback
$64.66

This book is for anyone who owns, or is thinking of owning, a Vixen Star Book Ten telescope mount or its predecessor....  Read More >>

Patrick Moore’s Observer’s Year: 366 Nights of the Universe: 2015 – 2020

Patrick Moore’s Observer’s Year: 366 Nights of the Universe:...

Author: Mike Inglis
ISBN: 9783319186771
Format: Paperback
$94.95

Observers no longer need to wonder what they will turn their attention to each night of the year with this updated...  Read More >>

First Light and Beyond: Making a Success of Astronomical Observing

First Light and Beyond: Making a Success of Astronomical...

Author: D. A. Jenkins ,  D A Jenkins
ISBN: 9783319188508
Format: Paperback
$77.60

"Amateur astronomers who have been disappointed by the results of an observing session can take comfort in the guidance...  Read More >>

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