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A Practical Guide to CCD Astronomy
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Author : Patrick Martinez, Alain Klotz, Andri Demers
ISBN : 0521599504
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Description : High-performance charged-couple device (CCD) cameras have opened up an exciting new window on the Universe for amateur astronomers. This book provides a complete, self-contained guide to choosing and using CCD cameras. Beginning with a no-nonsense introduction to CCD cameras, the authors explain what determines camera performance and demonstrate how to use a CCD camera and accurately calibrate the images obtained. The book also presents a clear review of the software available for visualizing, analyzing and processing digital images. Finally, the authors navigate a series of key areas in astronomy where astronomers can make the best use of CCD cameras. This handy volume is packed with practical tips. It provides a clear introduction to CCD astronomy for novices and an indispensable reference for more experienced amateur astronomers.
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Astronomer's Computer Companion
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Author : Jeff Foust, Ron Lafon
ISBN : 1886411220
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Description : Computers and the Internet can be tremendous resources for the amateur astronomer, whose explorations can and do yield significant new discoveries. In this book, a professional and an amateur astronomer team up to review the most useful astronomical software and explain how to use it to plan observing sessions, track asteroids and comets, determine the phase and location of the moon, figure out the locations of galaxies, and more. They also discuss educational Web sites and image collections, astronomy-related newsgroups and mailing lists, and ways to use the Internet to control remote-access, high-powered telescopes to conduct more in-depth research.
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Astronomical Algorithms
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Author : Jean Meeus
ISBN : 0943396352
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Description : Reference book.
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This item added on : 07-Nov-2003
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Astronomy on the Personal Computer (with CD-ROM)
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Author : Oliver Montenbruck, Thomas Pfleger
ISBN : 3540672214
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Description : Provides the reader an introduction to the computations of celestial mechanics. Supplies the necessary knowledge and software solutions for determining and predicting positions of the sun, moon, and planets; rise and set times; phases of the moon; stellar occultations by the moon; and more.
Astronomy on the Personal Computer provides the reader with a thorough introduction to the computation of celestial mechanics, which is of particular significance for carrying out astronomical observations. Covering everything from astronomical and computational theory to the construction of rapid and accurate applications programs, this book supplies the necessary knowledge and software solutions for determining and predicting positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, minor planets and comets, solar eclipses, stellar occultations by the Moon, phases of the Moon and much more. This completely revised edition makes use of the widely implemented programming language C++, and individual applications may be efficiently realized through the use of a powerful module library. The accompanying CD-ROM contains, in addition to the complete, fully documented and commented source codes, the executable programs for Windows 95/98/NT and Linux operating systems.
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Astrophotography for the Amateur
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Author : Michael A. Covington
ISBN : 0521627400
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Description : With this extraordinary handbook, you, too, can frame the stars and have them hanging on your livingroom walls. Astrophotography for the Amateur provides a complete guide to taking pictures of stars, galaxies, the Moon, the Sun, comets, meteors and eclipses, using equipment and materials readily available to the hobbyist. Based on suggestions from readers of the first edition, the new edition has been completely updated and expanded to include new chapters on computer image processing and CCD imaging; expanded advice on choosing cameras and telescopes; completely updated information about films; a much larger bibliography; and hundreds of new photographs (in color and black and white) demonstrating the latest equipment and techniques. Astrophotography for the Amateur has become the standard handbook for all amateur astronomers. This new edition provides an ideal introduction for beginners and a complete handbook for advanced amateurs. It will also appeal to photography enthusiasts who will discover how to take spectacular images with only modest equipment. Michael A. Covington received his Ph.D. at Yale University. He is the author of several books, including Syntactic Theory in the High Middle Ages (Cambridge, 1984). He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and is the Associate Director of the Artificial Intelligence Center at the University of Georgia.
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