Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods books

Nothing demonstrates the dynamic nature of our universe more than variable stars. They vary in brightness, either...  Read More >>

'Practical Guide to Astrophotography' is a complete guide to amateur astrophotography, from planning and purchasing...  Read More >>

In our quest to elucidate the origin of the universe and the formation of galaxies, particularly that of the Milky...  Read More >>

The motivation of the four-year JETSET (Jet Simulations, Experiments and Theory) Marie Curie Research Training Network...  Read More >>

Mechanical engineering, and engineering discipline born of the needs of the industrial revolution, is once again...  Read More >>

The main purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to the subject of solar activity and the connection with...  Read More >>

Comprises an excursion through space weather, a scientific topic in rapid growth and with growing impact and complications...  Read More >>

Many types of stars show conspicuous emission lines in their optical spectra. This book offers general information...  Read More >>

2 With a global average irradiance of 342 W/m , the Sun is by far the largest source of energy for planet Earth....  Read More >>

Hidden from human view, accessible only to sensitive receivers attached to huge radio telescopes, giant versions...  Read More >>

China’s most sophisticated system of computational astronomy was created for a Mongol emperor who could neither...  Read More >>

Radio astronomy is far from being beyond the scope of amateurs astronomers, and this practical, self-contained guide...  Read More >>

We have been fortunate to have an array of spacecraft - unprecedented in the history of space exploration and unlikely...  Read More >>

Provides a set of images of Local Group Galaxies and shows the important objects, including many thousands of individual...  Read More >>

Proceedings of a Workshop held at the Dynic Astropark 'Ten-Kyu-Kan', August 14-18, 1997  Read More >>

During the IV Escuela Mexicana de Astrof´ ?sica (EMA-2005), held in the beautiful colonial city of Morelia between...  Read More >>

A year later, Fritz Zwicky pointed out that galaxies would act as lenses much more likely than stars, and also gave...  Read More >>

A collection of review articles covering the developments in exoplanet research. It also covers topics such as the...  Read More >>

Govert Schilling, giornalista scientifico olandese, autore di una quarantina di libri, collaboratore di riviste...  Read More >>

The 2007 ESO Instrument Calibration workshop stated that ""calibration...  Read More >>

Recognized international leaders in their field contribute basic topics of solar physics, space plasmas and the...  Read More >>

Dwarf planets (which were formerly called asteroids except for the planet Pluto), and the smaller Solar System bodies...  Read More >>

This book contains contributions to the 172. WE-Heraeus-Seminar “Atoms and Molecules in Strong External Fields,”...  Read More >>

Features an essentially didactic approach to the treatment of the development of atomic clocks, focusing on clocks...  Read More >>

This rigorously refereed volume is a compilation of articles that summarize the most recent results in meteor, meteoroid...  Read More >>