Author : A. Fernandez
Publisher :
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,41 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Astronomy
ISBN :
"This is to our knowledge, the first work collecting the designations of various types of astronomical objects from single stars to galaxies, to X-ray sources, to the Egg Nebula, MonoGem or Vel X, Y, Z." -- Introduction.
Author : Lutz D. Schmadel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 16,56 MB
Release : 2015-05-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319176773
The quantity of numbered minor planets is now approaching half a million. Together with this Addendum, the sixth edition of the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, which is the IAU's official reference for the field, now covers more than 19,000 named minor planets. In addition to being of practical value for identification purposes, the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names provides authoritative information about the basis for the rich and colorful variety of ingenious names, from heavenly goddesses to artists, from scientists to Nobel laureates, from historical or political figures to ordinary women and men, from mountains to buildings, as well as a variety of compound terms and curiosities. This Addendum to the 6th edition of the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names adds approximately 2200 entries. It also contains many corrections, revisions and updates to the entries published in earlier editions. This work is an abundant source of information for anyone interested in minor planets and who enjoys reading about the people and things minor planets commemorate.
Author : Astronomisches Rechen-Institut
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1592 pages
File Size : 39,69 MB
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 3662123762
"Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts" appearing twice a year has become oneof the fundamental publications in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics andneighbouring sciences. It is the most important English-language abstracting journal in the mentioned branches. The abstrats are classified under more than a hundred subject categories, thus permitting a quick survey of the whole extended material. The AAA is a valuable and important publication for all students and scientists working in the fields of astronomy and related sciences. As such it represents a necessary ingredient of any astronomical library all over the world.
Author : Stephen James O'Meara
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 18,79 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521827966
A complete observers guide to the Caldwell Objects.
Author : Frederick R. Chromey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 34,57 MB
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 1316760510
The second edition of this popular text provides undergraduates with a quantitative yet accessible introduction to the physical principles underlying the collection and analysis of observational data in contemporary optical and infrared astronomy. The text clearly links recent developments in ground- and space-based telescopes, observatory and instrument design, adaptive optics, and detector technologies to the more modest telescopes and detectors that students may use themselves. Beginning with reviews of the most relevant physical concepts and an introduction to elementary statistics, students are given the firm theoretical foundation they need. New topics, including an expanded treatment of spectroscopy, Gaia, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, and photometry at large redshifts bring the text up to date. Historical development of topics and quotations emphasize that astronomy is both a scientific and a human endeavour, while extensive end-of-chapter exercises facilitate the students' practical learning experience.
Author : Lutz Schmadel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 998 pages
File Size : 11,47 MB
Release : 2003-08-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540002383
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Fifth Edition, is the official reference for the field of the IAU, which serves as the internationally recognised authority for assigning designations to celestial bodies and any surface features on them. The accelerating rate of the discovery of minor planets has not only made a new edition of this established compendium necessary but has also significantly altered its scope: this thoroughly revised edition concentrates on the approximately 10,000 minor planets that carry a name. It provides authoritative information about the basis for all names of minor planets. In addition to being of practical value for identification purposes, this collection provides a most interesting historical insight into the work of those astronomers who over two centuries vested their affinities in a rich and colorful variety of ingenious names, from heavenly goddesses to more prosaic constructions. The fifth edition serves as the primary reference, with plans for complementary booklets with newly named bodies to be issued every three years.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 23,73 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Astronautics
ISBN :
Author : Prof. Dr. Roland Wielen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1122 pages
File Size : 30,33 MB
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 366212355X
Author : Hans G. Walter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,95 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 364257260X
Celestial fundamental catalogues are a prerequisite for the determination of absolute positions and motions in space. Presently, positional astrometry is at the watershed between classical fundamental catalogues, based on moving reference stars, and modern catalogues, based on extragalactic reference objects with non-measurable motion. This book addresses the concepts and methods of the respective construction techniques leading to the stellar frame of the FK5 (fifth fundamental catalogue) and to the newly adopted extragalactic radio reference frame, ICRF (international celestial reference frame), with its extension to optical wavelengths by the Hipparcos Catalogue. While principal outlines of meridian circle observations are given, emphasis is put in some detail on the VLBI technique as applied to astrometry, and to the observational techniques used in the Hipparcos mission, including the tie of the originally non-anchored rigid Hipparcos sphere into the ICRF.
Author : Carlos Jaschek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 31,62 MB
Release : 1989-03-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521340946
Originally published in 1989, this book provides a comprehensive account of how to handle astronomical data. Descriptions of data acquisition, handling, and interpretation are included. The advice starts with chapters on observatories and observations, followed by discussions on the archiving of data and its presentation in the literature.
