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Author: W. M. Smart
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1977-07-07
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780521291804
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new revision of a standard work gives a general but comprehensive introduction to positional astronomy. Useful for researchers as well as undergraduates.
Author: Robin M. Green
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1985-10-31
Total Pages: 540
ISBN-13: 9780521317795
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis introductory textbook assumes no prior knowledge of classical astronomy but is sufficiently comprehensive to be useful as a background reference work. It provides the essential background on mathematical technique and coordinate systems and discusses in detail, refraction, aberration, stellar parallax, precession, nutation and proper motion.
Author: Glen Van Brummelen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2017-04-04
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 0691175993
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Spherical trigonometry was at the heart of astronomy and ocean-going navigation for two millennia. The discipline was a mainstay of mathematics education for centuries, and it was a standard subject in high schools until the 1950s. Today, however, it is rarely taught. Heavenly Mathematics traces the rich history of this forgotten art, revealing how the cultures of classical Greece, medieval Islam, and the modern West used spherical trigonometry to chart the heavens and the Earth."--Jacket.
Author: Robert Stawell Ball
Publisher:
Published: 1908
Total Pages: 528
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Cesare Barbieri
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2020-11-24
Total Pages: 363
ISBN-13: 1000223809
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProviding a broad overview of foundational concepts, this second edition of Fundamentals of Astronomy covers topics ranging from spherical astronomy to reference systems, and celestial mechanics to astronomical photometry and spectroscopy. It expounds arguments of classical astronomy that provided the foundation for modern astrometry, whilst presenting the latest results of the very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) radio technique, optical interferometers and satellites such as Hipparcos and GAIA, and recent resolutions of the IAU and IERS regarding precession, forced and free nutation, and Earth figure and rotation. Concepts of general relativity are explored, such as the advance of Mercury’s perihelion, light deflection and black holes, in addition to the physical properties, orbits, and ephemerides of planets, comets and asteroids with an extension to visual binary stars orbital reconstruction. Extrasolar planets are also discussed, with reference to radial velocity and transits measurements by ground and space telescopes. Basic concepts of astronomical photometry, spectroscopy and polarimetry are given, including the influence of the terrestrial atmosphere. Classical works, such as Hipparchus, are mentioned in order to provide a flavor of the historical development of the field. It is an ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate students studying astronomy, astrophysics, mathematics, and engineering. Supplementary and explanatory notes provide readers with references to additional material published in other literature and scientific journals, whilst solved and unsolved exercises allow students to review their understanding of the material. Features: Provides an introductory vision of arguments from spherical astronomy to celestial mechanics to astronomical photometry and spectroscopy Presents the information at an introductory level without sacrificing scientific rigor Fully updated throughout with the latest results in the field
Author: S.K.D Dubey & Others
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Published: 2010-09-18
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ISBN-13: 9789380642109
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James B. Kaler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002-03-14
Total Pages: 524
ISBN-13: 9780521499187
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Ever-Changing Sky provides a comprehensive and non-mathematical guide to spherical astronomy. The reader is guided through terrestrial and celestial co-ordinate systems, time measurement and celestial navigation, to the prediction of the rising and setting of the stars, Sun and Moon. It focuses on the geometrical aspects of the night sky without using complex trigonometry. The book progresses to a general study of the Earth and sky, including the stars and constellations (with useful star maps provided), the motions and appearance of the Moon, tides and eclipses, the orbits of the planets and the smaller bodies of the Solar System (asteroids, meteors, meteorites and comets). Finally, there is a brief overview of atmospheric phenomena (including rainbows and haloes). This text will be invaluable to students taking courses in naked-eye astronomy, amateur and professional astronomers, as well as more general readers wanting to know how the night sky changes.
Author: D. Scott Birney
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-06-29
Total Pages: 13
ISBN-13: 0521853702
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew and updated edition of advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate textbook on observational astronomy.
Author: Ira Fajardo
Publisher:
Published: 2019-11-27
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9781711990866
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis unique book Spherical Trigonometry is the first and only book with comprehensive and accurate illustration of diagrams of spherical triangles according to given and computed angles that is not found in any similar books in circulation. Part 1, 2, and 3 consist of Definitions.Computations on spherical triangle areas, right, polar, quadrantal, oblique, and spherical triangles. Use of Napier's Rules, Laws of Sines and Cosines, The Six Cases, Delambre's and Gauss' Formulas. Part 4 consists of its application to sea and air navigation, statute and nautical mile, geographical coordinates of cities, computation of distances between cities of countries, time difference between countries, bearing, heading, and course.
Author: United States Naval Observatory. Nautical Almanac Office
Publisher: University Science Books
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 786
ISBN-13: 9781891389450
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis well-schooled text provides a detailed description of how to perform practical astronomy or spherical astronomy. It is an authoritative source on astronomical phenomena and calendars.
