Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods books

Indispensable for the building of cosmological models areprecise observational data. Second, the authors...  Read More >>

A chapter on the most recent technical advances in the field illustrates the intimate connection and interplay between...  Read More >>

Cosmology has dramatically evolved during the last decade and there has been vast development of, e.g., theories...  Read More >>

The subject of the book, the ubiquitous circumstellar disks around very young stars and the corresponding jets of...  Read More >>

The first part surveys various aspects of the late stages of stellar evolution, including observation and theory....  Read More >>

There is abundant evidence that essentially all luminous hot-star winds contain time-dependent and anisotropic structures....  Read More >>

Observations with X-ray satellite ROSAT over the past 5 years have established supersoft X-ray sources as a new...  Read More >>

For some time to come, this book should be the main source for research in prominences. The reader will find papers...  Read More >>

When leaving the Victoria airport the day before our Colloquium, I saw a van of the Dunsmuir Lodge marked with big...  Read More >>

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The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers is a unique and valuable resource for historians and astronomers alike....  Read More >>

This book is for the amateur astronomer who wants to know about the astrophysical nature of deep sky objects. Thus,...  Read More >>

Proceedings of the 3rd China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC2012) presents selected research papers from CSNC2012,...  Read More >>

Proceedings of the 3rd China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC2012) presents selected research papers from CSNC2012,...  Read More >>

Proceedings of the 3rd China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC2012) presents selected research papers from CSNC2012,...  Read More >>

The quest for high resolution has preoccupied radio astronomers ever since radio waves were first detected from...  Read More >>

On March 28 and 29, 1969, at the occasion of the dedication of the European Southern Observatory, some 90 astronomers...  Read More >>

The next major step in millimetre astronomy, and one of the highest-priority items in radio astronomy today, is...  Read More >>

It is well known that stellar winds are variable, and the fluctuations are often cyclical in nature. Since very...  Read More >>

The controversial question of whether the majority of the narrow absorption lines observed in QSO spectra represent...  Read More >>

At close inspection every galaxy appears to have its own individuality.A galaxy can be warped, lop-sided, doubly-nucleated,...  Read More >>

' (Mandelbrot, 1990b) The catchword fractal, ever since it was...  Read More >>

Even though the question is not yet settled, this research has led to many interesting, new applications of areas...  Read More >>

For a better understanding of supernova explosions the contributors to this volume provide researchers and graduate...  Read More >>

This book gives a synthesis of the state of the art in artificial intelligence in astronomy and astrophysics, presents...  Read More >>