Observing and measuring visual double stars
"This is the definitive book for those who are serious about this fascinating aspect of astronomy. It deals with equipment (you can start quite modestly with commercial or home-made instruments), observing methods from binoculars upward, CCD camera techniques, and finally advanced instrumentation including speckle interferometry. The astronomy of double stars, including orbital calculation, is given its own section."--Jacket.
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- Full title :Observing and measuring visual double stars / Bob Argyle (ed.).
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"This is the definitive book for those who are serious about this fascinating aspect of astronomy. It deals with equipment (you can start quite modestly with commercial or home-made instruments), observing methods from binoculars upward, CCD camera techniques, and finally advanced instrumentation including speckle interferometry. The astronomy of double stars, including orbital calculation, is given its own section."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:©2004.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Springer
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2004.
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 326 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm +
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1852335580, 9781852335588, 9781852338602, 1852338601
- oclc:ocm52860220
- LC Classification:QB821
- Dewey Decimal:523.8/41
Table of Contents
1. More than one sun -- 2. Why observe double stars? -- 3. The observation of binocular double stars -- 4. The scale of binary systems -- 5. Multiple stars and planets -- 6. Is the sun a double star? -- 7. The orbital elements of a visual binary star -- 8. Orbit computation -- 9. Some famous double stars -- 10. The resolution of a telescope -- 11. Reflecting telescopes and double-star astronomy -- 12. Simple techniques of measurement -- 13. The double-image micrometer -- 14. The diffraction grating micrometer -- 15. The filar micrometer -- 16. The CCD camera -- 17. Speckle interferometry for the amateur -- 18. Lunar occultations -- 19. What the amateur can contribute -- 20. Some active amateur double star observers -- 21. An observing session -- 22. Some useful formulae -- 23. Star atlases and software -- 24. Catalogues -- 25. Publication of results -- Appendix: Some useful URL addresses.
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