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1 online resource |
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Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series |
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Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series.
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| Contents |
More than One Sun / Bob Argyle and R.W. Argyle -- Why Observe Double Stars? / Bob Argyle and R.W. Argyle -- The Observation of Binocular Double Stars / Mike Ropelewski and R.W. Argyle -- Double Star Sketching / Jeremy Perez and R.W. Argyle -- Multiple Stars and Planets / Bob Argyle and R.W. Argyle -- Is the Sun a Double Star? / Bob Argyle and R.W. Argyle -- The Orbital Elements of a Visual Binary Star / Andreas Alzner and R.W. Argyle -- Orbit Computation / Andreas Alzner and R.W. Argyle -- Ten Famous Double Stars / Bob Argyle and R.W. Argyle -- The Resolution of a Telescope / Bob Argyle and R.W. Argyle -- Reflecting Telescopes and Double Star Astronomy / Christopher Taylor and R.W. Argyle -- Simple Techniques of Measurement / E.T.H. Teague and R.W. Argyle -- Filar Micrometer / Bob Argyle and R.W. Argyle -- The Diffraction Grating Micrometer / Andreas Maurer and R.W. Argyle -- CCD Camera Observations / Bob Buchheim and R.W. Argyle -- Lucky Imaging / Rainer Anton and R.W. Argyle -- The DSLR Camera / Ernő Berkó and R.W. Argyle -- Astrometric Speckle Interferometry for the Amateur / Nils Turner and R.W. Argyle -- Internet Astrometry / Rafael Caballero and R.W. Argyle -- How to Measure the Minima of Eclipsing Binaries; an Amateur's Experiences / Laurent Corp and R.W. Argyle -- Lunar Occultations / Graham Appleby and R.W. Argyle -- What the Amateur can Contribute / Bob Argyle and R.W. Argyle -- Some Active Amateur Double Star Observers / Bob Argyle and R.W. Argyle -- An Observing Session / Bob Argyle and R.W. Argyle -- Some Useful Formulae / Michael Greaney and R.W. Argyle -- Star Atlases and Software / Owen Brazell and R.W. Argyle -- Catalogues / Bob Argyle and R.W. Argyle -- Publication of Results / Bob Argyle and R.W. Argyle |
| Summary |
In these days of high-precision astrometric satellites, tremendous contributions to the scienceof astrometryare being made by amateur astronomers around the globe. This second edition of Observing and Measuring Visual Double Stars contains a significant amount of completely new material inspired by the work done by observers - particularly in the USA - since the first edition was published. Fifteen skilled and experienced astronomers have contributed chapters on their own specialization in thevariousfields. These include how to usethe Internet to carry out precise astronomical measurement, an excellent guideto sketching double stars, and information on how to image double stars of unequal brightness. This new edition is the definitive book for those who are serious about this fascinating aspect of astronomy! Author Bob Argyle has been observing visual double stars for more than 40 years, somewith the help of the world's biggest refractors, and has been director of the Webb Society Double Star Section since 1970 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-412) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Double stars -- Observers' manuals
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SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
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Physique.
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Astronomie.
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Double stars
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Argyle, Robert W
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| ISBN |
9781461439455 |
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1461439450 |
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