Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods books

The Alfonsine Tables of Toledo is for historians working in the fields of astronomy, science, the Middle Ages, Spanish...  Read More >>

This revised and extended edition of Telescopes and Techniques is updated for technical changes in astronomical...  Read More >>

The origins of the astrolabe are unknown but during the Middle Ages and Renaissance it was the pre-eminent astronomical...  Read More >>

Addresses the transition of research satellites, instruments, and calculations into operational service for accurately...  Read More >>

Weare on the verge of opening a whole new parameter space that may revolutionize the way we think of small telescopes...  Read More >>

Focuses on the approximately 10,000 minor planets that carry a name. This book provides information about the basis...  Read More >>

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Proceedings of the International Conference on Light Pollution, La Serena, Chile, held 5-7 March 2002  Read More >>

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Capably written by experienced seaman and navigator Dag Pike, Reed's Sextant Simplified is an accessibly practical...  Read More >>

Details the evolution of the large parabolic dish antennas, from the initial 26 m operation at L band (960 MHz)...  Read More >>

Part of a series in junction with NASA which takes communications technology to the farthest reaches of space, this...  Read More >>

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This volume contains the results of the first meeting of the international CHAMP research groups gathering 18 months...  Read More >>

Proceedings of the Joint Discussion-17 at the 23rd IAU General Assembly, organised by the Commission 41, held in...  Read More >>

This volume reviews techniques to measure the baryonic (stellar) and dark masses of nearby galaxies, and focuses...  Read More >>

Digital sky surveys, high-precision astrometry from satellite data, deep-space data from orbiting telescopes, and...  Read More >>

This is a compendium on the design of large telescopes. It includes discussions of the basic scientific and engineering...  Read More >>

Not everybody knows that the scheduling of the Hubble Space Telescope is performed by a neural­ network software...  Read More >>

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

This material also includes tables of line frequencies from 12 MHz to 30THz (AlOJLm) as well as FORTRAN computer...  Read More >>

This title details the essential roles that small telescopes should play in 21st century science and how their future...  Read More >>

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Lee Macdonald looks at the purely practical aspects of solar observing for amateurs. He describes what equipment...  Read More >>

This title tells the story of the development and launch of a major space-based telescope, and explains the discoveries...  Read More >>