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."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Full title :Observing and measuring visual double stars / editor, Bob Argyle.
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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."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Publication Date:2004.
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- Publisher(s):Springer
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2004.
Notes
Accompanied by compact disc : CP 8003.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 volume +
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1852335580, 9781852335588, 1852338601, 9781852338602
- oclc:ocn957337922
- LC Classification:QB821
- Dewey Decimal:523.8/41
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: More Than One Sun / Bob Argyle -- CHAPTER 2: Why Observe Double Stars? / Bob Argyle -- CHAPTER 3: The Observation of Binocular Double Stars / Mike Ropelewski -- CHAPTER 4: The Scale of Binary Systems / Bob Argyle -- CHAPTER 5: Multiple Stars and Planets / Bob Argyle -- CHAPTER 6: Is the Sun a Double Star? / Bob Argyle -- CHAPTER 7: The Orbital Elements of a Visual Binary Star / Andreas Alzner -- CHAPTER 8: Orbit Computation / Andreas Alzner -- CHAPTER 9: Some Famous Double Stars / Bob Argyle -- CHAPTER 10: The Resolution of a Telescope / Bob Argyle -- CHAPTER 11: Reflecting Telescopes and Double-Star Astronomy / Christopher Taylor -- CHAPTER 12: Simple Techniques of Measurement / Tom Teague -- CHAPTER 13: The Double-Image Micrometer / Andreas Alzner -- CHAPTER 14: The Diffraction Grating Micrometer / Andreas Maurer -- CHAPTER 15: The Filar Micrometer / Bob Argyle -- CHAPTER 16: The CCD Camera / Doug West -- CHAPTER 17: Speckle Interferometry for the Amateur / Nils Turner -- CHAPTER 18: Lunar Occultations / Graham Appleby -- CHAPTER 19: What the Amateur can Contribute / Bob Argyle -- CHAPTER 20: Some Active Amateur Double Star Observers / Bob Argyle -- CHAPTER 21: An Obs…
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