Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods books

The aim of this book is to introduce scientific ballooning to the many people who are interested in the use of balloons...  Read More >>

Imaging techniques from Earth continue to improve, while missions such as Voyager, Galileo and the Hubble Space...  Read More >>

Based on extensive primary sources, many never previously translated into English, this is the definitive account...  Read More >>

The discovery of a gradual acceleration in the moon’s mean motion by Edmond Halley in the last decade of the seventeenth...  Read More >>

The Almagest , by the Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy, is the most important surviving treatise on early...  Read More >>

This thesis presents the results of indirect dark matter searches in the gamma-ray sky of the near Universe, as...  Read More >>

This book makes use of the LISP programming language to provide readers with the necessary background to understand...  Read More >>

This unique volume by two renowned astrophotographers unveils the science and history behind 100 of the most significant...  Read More >>

This thesis discusses the evolution of galaxies through the study of the morphology, kinematics, and star formation...  Read More >>

Over the years, various maps of Mars have emerged from the special course “Mapping of extraterrestrial objects”...  Read More >>

This review emerged from several interdisciplinary meetings and schools gathering a group of astronomers, geologists,...  Read More >>

Where do most stars (and the planetary systems that surround them) in the Milky Way form? What determines whether...  Read More >>

This book provides a theoretical and observational overview of the state of the art of gamma-ray astrophysics, and...  Read More >>

This 6th edition of the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names has expanded by more than 7,000 entries, now covering more...  Read More >>

The 2005 meeting in Taormina, Italy was attended by 127 professionals who develop and use the highest quality detectors...  Read More >>

The thesis describes the development of receiver technologies for sub-millimetre astronomy instruments, focusing...  Read More >>

This book is intended as a historical and critical study on the origin of the equations of motion as established...  Read More >>

In this book, the author thoroughly examines the basic mechanical and thermal effects of rotation. The author is...  Read More >>

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

This book presents a summary of the geology of the Transantarctic Mountains for Earth scientists who may want to...  Read More >>

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

Updated to reflect changes in telescope and CCD technology, it also includes an expanded chapter on the analysis...  Read More >>

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