Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods books

Divided into 2 parts, this work documents the Fourth Compton Symposium with papers that explore the most violent...  Read More >>

Chris Kitchin and Bob Forrest - both professional astronomers - take a conducted tour of the night sky and suggest...  Read More >>

In this, the first history of artifical satellites and their uses, Helen Gavaghan shows how the idea of putting...  Read More >>

This focused, advanced undergraduate text provides coverage of astronomy and astrophysics with an emphasis on physics....  Read More >>

The meeting brought together specialists from diverse fields who focused on the very close collaboration between...  Read More >>

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Every year large numbers of people take up the study of astronomy, mostly at amateur level. Astronomy Explained...  Read More >>

This meeting gave an opportunity to world experts on this subject to gather in Athens, in order to discuss the cur­...  Read More >>

A history of the telescope, from the pre-telescopic observatories and the refractors of Galileo, Lippershey and...  Read More >>

A review of the current understanding of the physics related to: coronal structures and coronal heating; large-scale...  Read More >>

A centennial study of Yerkes Observatory, built a century ago by the University of Chicago as one of America's first...  Read More >>

These conference proceedings are available as a two-part set, or Part One. Part Two is not available separately....  Read More >>

Presents the first adequate picture of the Chinese sky of 2000 years ago. Investigating the 283 constellations,...  Read More >>

Even affordable CCD cameras can be ten times a sensitive as photographic film, and they deliver a digitised image...  Read More >>

Three eminent scientists, each well known for the clarity of their writing, present for students and researchers...  Read More >>

A small country builds a world-class telescope in its backyard and lives happily ever after (or at least for a quarter...  Read More >>

This text presents a collection of astrophysical phenomena, ranging from cosmology and galaxy formation to planet...  Read More >>

Anyone - from lone amateurs to university departments - who is thinking about erecting a small observatory will...  Read More >>

Readers may very well disagree with some of the notions presented in these excursions, but I hope that they will...  Read More >>

This work looks at developments in cosmology since the mid-1980s. Topics covered include: QSO absorption systems;...  Read More >>

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These proceedings, which concentrate on imaging above 10 keV, represent the state of the art in the field. The main...  Read More >>

In the early part of the 18th century, Francesco Bianchini recorded some of the first telescopic observations of...  Read More >>

Patrick Moore has pulled together a group of professional and amateur astronomers, each an expert in a particular...  Read More >>

Here is a comprehensive guide for every amateur astronomer who hopes to do more than just star-gaze. A companion...  Read More >>