Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods books

The hydrogen Lyman-alpha line is of utmost importance to many fields of astrophysics. This UV line being conveniently...  Read More >>

Based on a Simons Symposium held in 2018, the proceedings in this volume focus on the theoretical, numerical, and...  Read More >>

Laboratory astrophysics is the Rosetta Stone that enables astronomers to understand and interpret the distant cosmos....  Read More >>

There are many books covering different facets of astrophotography, but few of them contain all the necessary steps...  Read More >>

Among them, a fantastic improvement of the sharpness of astronomical images, obtained with ground based optical...  Read More >>

This book studies four types of newly detected outbursts in dwarf novae through optical observations and/or numerical...  Read More >>

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This book, the first of a two-volume set, focuses on the basic physical principles of blackbody radiometry and describes...  Read More >>

The review papers in this volume provide an in-depth examination of complex astrophysical phenomena of star formation...  Read More >>

This book serves as both a primer to astronomical polarimetry and an authoritative overview of its application to...  Read More >>

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This open access book on the history of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory covers the scientific discoveries...  Read More >>

By projecting first to 13 and then 15 μm HgCdTe growth, values of fundamental properties of the material that would...  Read More >>

A beautiful gift for beginner and seasoned stargazers alike  Read More >>

The immediate need for this volume was motivated by the ongoing ESA Swarm satellite mission, but the tools that...  Read More >>

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This book presents pioneering work on a critical observational test of the planet formation theory based on the...  Read More >>

These peer-reviewed NIC XV conference proceedings present the latest major advances in nuclear physics, astrophysics,...  Read More >>

Why write a book about the stars? Of what use is their study? This book covers this ground with a number of anecdotes...  Read More >>

This book reports on the extraordinary observation of TeV gamma rays from the Crab Pulsar, the most energetic light...  Read More >>

We also present new challenges in the field of protostellar jets and what we should expect from the development...  Read More >>

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy. The second part then describes...  Read More >>

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Galactic dynamics studies the motions of stars and gas in galaxies to understand their structure and evolution....  Read More >>