Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods
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Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 673
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441917768
- ISBN
- 9781441917768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.76
€ 52.76
Hardback. Editor(s): Zhang, Guangjun. Series: Springer Proceedings in Physics. Num Pages: 515 pages, 94 black & white illustrations, 207 colour illustrations, 15 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; RGW; TRP; TTBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 515
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319491837
- ISBN
- 9783319491837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 242.66
€ 242.66
Paperback. Editor(s): Brandl, Bernhard R.; Stuik, Remko; Katgert-Merkelijn, J. K. Num Pages: 550 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400791169
- ISBN
- 9789400791169
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Condition: New
€ 190.11
€ 190.11
paperback. A guide to the Kitt Peak telescopes. Num Pages: 118 pages, 2 b/w illus. 86 colour illus. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 147.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521006521
- ISBN
- 9780521006521
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.40
€ 25.99
€ 22.40
paperback. A Walk through the Southern Sky is a beautifully illustrated guide to the stars and constellations of the southern hemisphere. Illustrator(s): Tirion, Wil. Num Pages: 126 pages, 20 colour illus. 48 maps. BIC Classification: PGG; PHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 183 x 7. Weight in Grams: 298. A Guide to Stars, Constellations and Their Legends. 126 pages, 20 colour illus. 48 maps. Illustrator(s): Tirion, Wil. A Walk through the Southern Sky is a beautifully illustrated guide to the stars and constellations of the southern hemisphere. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PGG; PHM. Dimension: 240 x 183 x 7. Weight: 298.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 126
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107698987
- ISBN
- 9781107698987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.64
€ 45.99
€ 38.64
hardcover. This book, first published in 2006, describes the theory and uses of interferometry for advanced students in physics, optics and astronomy. Num Pages: 360 pages, 195 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PGG; PHJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 181 x 22. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521828727
- ISBN
- 9780521828727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.56
€ 109.56
hardcover. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 172 pages, 11 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; PGG; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 11. Weight in Grams: 523.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461421481
- ISBN
- 9781461421481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.15
€ 123.15
Hardback. With an emphasis on aperture synthesis as well as the effects of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere and techniques developed to overcome image degradation, this book covers all the fundamentals of stellar interferometry and includes dozens of illustrations. Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Num Pages: 489 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; TTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 489
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441957092
- ISBN
- 9781441957092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.37
€ 73.37
Hardback. This text addresses the concepts and methods of the respective construction techniques leading to the stellar FK5 frame and to the newly adopted radio interferometric ICRF with its extension to optical wavelengths by Hipparcos. The VLBI technique as applied to astronomy is presented in detail. Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Num Pages: 247 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PHVB; RGY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540674368
- ISBN
- 9783540674368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.94
€ 126.94
paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 93 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, 8 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBWH; PGG; TRLN; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2018
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319479934
- ISBN
- 9783319479934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 197.32
€ 197.32
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540330240
- ISBN
- 9783540330240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.19
€ 241.19
Paperback. Helps the astronomer and astronomy student to improve the quality of their photometric measurements and to extract a maximum of information from their observations. This book is based on the authors' observing experience, spending numerous nights behind various instruments at many different observatories. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792317760
- ISBN
- 9780792317760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 125.55
€ 125.55
Astronomical Sketching: A Step-by-Step Introduction (The Patrick Moore...
Handy, Richard, Moody, David B., Perez, Jerem...
Paperback. This book presents the amateur with fine examples of astronomical sketches and step-by-step tutorials in each medium, from pencil to computer graphics programs. This unique book can teach almost anyone to create beautiful sketches of celestial objects. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387262406
- ISBN
- 9780387262406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 37.55
€ 46.99
€ 37.55
hardcover. Indispensable reference on the historical development of spectrographs for advanced amateur and professional astronomers, graduate students, and historians of science. Num Pages: 238 pages, 75 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 195 x 16. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521882576
- ISBN
- 9780521882576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.35
€ 149.35
Paperback. This comprehensive guide for amateur astronomers provides a brief overview of the development of spectroscopes and an introduction to the theory of stellar spectra, then goes on to examine the spectroscopes available to amateurs as well as how to use them. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 242 pages, 158 black & white illustrations, 35 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441972385
- ISBN
- 9781441972385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.84
€ 38.99
€ 32.84
Hardback. Includes an introduction to the computation of celestial mechanics, covering 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, solar eclipses, and much more. Translator(s): Dunlop, Storm. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 4th Corrected ed. 2000. Corr. 4th printing 2009
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540672210
- ISBN
- 9783540672210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.18
€ 187.18
Paperback. Designed for amateur astronomers who own a home computer, whether it is running Microsoft Windows, Mac O/S or Linux, this title provides a practical introduction to astronomy. It concentrates on low-cost accessible projects and also helps you learn how to optimise a go-to telescope, or connect it to a lap-top. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 202 pages, 87 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; UKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852338053
- ISBN
- 9781852338053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.39
€ 29.99
€ 27.39
Paperback. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 74 black & white illustrations, 37 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AJG; PGG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319098302
- ISBN
- 9783319098302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Paperback. This translation is a collection of memoirs recounting an interesting but largely still dark era of Soviet astronomy. The arrangement of the essays is determined primarily by the time when radio astronomy studies began at the institutions involved. Editor(s): Braude, S. Y.; Dubinskii, B. A.; Kaidanovskii, N. L.; Kardashev, N.S.; Kobrin, M. M.; Kuz'min, A.D.; Molchanov, A. P.; Pariiskii, Yu. N.; Rzhiga, O. N.; Salomonovich, A. E. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 427.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400799912
- ISBN
- 9789400799912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Paperback. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 247 pages, 64 black & white illustrations, 83 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AJG; PGG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493917723
- ISBN
- 9781493917723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.20
€ 53.20
Paperback. A complete and thoroughly tested program to help every CCD-beginner work towards digital imaging of the highest quality. It is equally useful to astronomers who have perfect observing conditions, as to those who have to observe from light-polluted city skies. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387262413
- ISBN
- 9780387262413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.19
€ 38.99
€ 33.19
Paperback. Integrating extensive graphics with an 8-year astronomical calendar, this book presents sky events geared to naked-eye and binocular viewing. It is arranged by ease of observation - lunar phases and brighter planets, solar eclipses, the aurora through comets. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 423 pages, 98 black & white illustrations, 34 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 651
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461406099
- ISBN
- 9781461406099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 40.09
€ 46.99
€ 40.09
paperback. A unique guide introducing the latest modern resources available to amateur observers. Num Pages: 282 pages, 90 b/w illus. 16 tables. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189 x 14. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521524193
- ISBN
- 9780521524193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.84€ 54.45
€ 54.84
€ 54.45
Paperback. This book explores intriguing cases in which astronomy has been used as a tool to solve mysteries from art, history, and literature. It clearly explains astronomical concepts with non-technical language and defines terms as needed for wide readership. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Popular Astronomy. Num Pages: 355 pages, 52 black & white illustrations, 113 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 171 x 16. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461484028
- ISBN
- 9781461484028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.94
€ 59.94