Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods books

According to a rule that has proved to lead to success, but also to chal­ lenge the lecturers' energy, the format...  Read More >>

Demonstrates in a tutorial form how to implement Fourier optical theory and analytic methods on the computer. Its...  Read More >>

This volume presents the lecture notes of the 24th Advanced Course of the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy...  Read More >>

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Cosmology has not been the subject matter of a Saas-Fee Advanced Course since 1978. A new course on cosmology seemed...  Read More >>

Exploring Ancient Skies brings together the methods of archaeology and the insights of modern astronomy to explore...  Read More >>

Astronomical Spectroscopy for Amateurs is a complete guide for amateur astronomers who are looking for a new challenge....  Read More >>

Although astronomical CCD cameras can be very costly, digital cameras – the kind you use on holiday – on the other...  Read More >>

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Nearly all information about the Universe comes from the study of light as it reaches us. This book presents the...  Read More >>

Nearly all information about the Universe comes from the study of light as it reaches us. This book presents the...  Read More >>

Gamma-ray astronomy began in the mid-1960s with balloon satellite, and, at very high photon energies, also with...  Read More >>

at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1997 and at the Hong Kong University in 1999. We approached...  Read More >>

William Parsons, third earl of Rosse, built the world's largest telescope in 1845, and it enabled him to make unprecedented...  Read More >>

This book is a collection of essays written by those who have led, and continue to lead, the search for extraterrestrial...  Read More >>

This carefully written book is intended to provide a solid understanding of the principles of stellar interferometry....  Read More >>

Jesuits established a large number of astronomical, geophysical and meteorological observatories during the 17th...  Read More >>

In 1965 the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science founded the Nicolas Copernicus Committee...  Read More >>

Introd uction The problem of integrability or nonintegrability of dynamical systems is one of the central problems...  Read More >>

Furthermore, the catalogue and atlas contains data on 12 (4 %) dwarf novae of long cycle length or suspected dwarf...  Read More >>

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Andersen Niels Bohr Institute for Astronomy Physics and Geophysics Astronomical Observatory Copenhagen ja@astro.ku.dk...  Read More >>

The 34th Saas-Fee advanced course of the Swiss Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics (SSAA) took place from March...  Read More >>

Each chapter of the book covers in a self-contained manner a subfield of gravitational lensing, with the double...  Read More >>

The first star atlas devoted to the Herschel objects, it displays over 2500 of the most visually-attractive star...  Read More >>