Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods
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Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods
Paperback. A centennial study of Yerkes Observatory, built a century ago by the University of Chicago as one of America's first big science centres. This text describes the changing fortunes of the Observatory under its first three directors, and is illustrated with many archival photographs. Num Pages: 394 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226639468
- ISBN
- 9780226639468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 21.55
€ 22.99
€ 21.55
hardcover. A comprehensive exploration of astronomy through the eyes of the world's observatories and spacecraft missions. Num Pages: 226 pages, 187 colour illus. BIC Classification: PGG; PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 247 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1230.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521818988
- ISBN
- 9780521818988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.69€ 61.95
€ 67.69
€ 61.95
paperback. Practical guide to amateur astronomy from within towns and cities. Translator(s): Brasch, Klaus. Num Pages: 108 pages, 2 b/w illus. 97 colour illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: PGG; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 176 x 9. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521531900
- ISBN
- 9780521531900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.59
€ 42.99
€ 35.59
Paperback. The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most stunning images of the cosmos humanity has ever seen. This book tells the story of this telescope and the visionaries responsible for its extraordinary accomplishments. It takes readers behind the scenes of one of the most ambitious scientific instruments ever sent into space. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 color illus. 24 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146355
- ISBN
- 9780691146355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.93
€ 24.99
€ 18.93
Paperback. In September of 1859, the entire Earth was engulfed in a gigantic cloud of seething gas, and a blood-red aurora erupted across the planet. This title presents the story behind Carrington's observations of a mysterious explosion on the surface of the Sun and how his brilliant insight helped to usher in the modern era of astronomy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGG; PGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141268
- ISBN
- 9780691141268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.44
€ 29.99
€ 21.44
Paperback. Between 1650 and 1750, four Catholic churches were the best solar observatories in the world. 'The Sun and the Church' tells how these observatories came to be, how they worked and what they accomplished. Num Pages: 366 pages, 8 colour illustrations, 42 halftones, 87 line illustrations, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; AMN; HBJD; HRCC7; PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005365
- ISBN
- 9780674005365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.00
€ 37.99
€ 32.00
Paperback. A guide to buying, adjusting, using, and repairing sextants. It includes a list of distributors, manufacturers, and dealers worldwide, a discussion of various trends, and hints, including sighting with eyeglasses and using a Rude starfinder. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PGG; TRLN; WGG; WSSN3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- International Marine Publishing Co United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780070052192
- ISBN
- 9780070052192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.59
€ 18.99
€ 14.59
Paperback. A collection exploring the place of the observatory in nineteenth-century science, culture. Editor(s): Aubin, David; Bigg, Charlotte; Sibum, H.Otto. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 400 pages, 62 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX; PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346401
- ISBN
- 9780822346401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.74
€ 34.99
€ 31.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 colour tables, 269 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AJG; PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 279 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1602.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138922860
- ISBN
- 9781138922860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.40
€ 56.40
Paperback. The story of Britain's first female professional scientist, Caroline Herschel Series: Icon Science. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; BGT; PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785781667
- ISBN
- 9781785781667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.50
€ 11.99
€ 10.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 155 pages, b/w illus & tables. BIC Classification: PGG; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 239 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 155
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604564488
- ISBN
- 9781604564488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.80€ 67.17
€ 97.80
€ 67.17
Hardcover. From the first proposal for a large X-ray telescope in 1970 to the deployment of Chandra by the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1999, this book chronicles the technical feats, political struggles, and personal dramas that transformed an inspired vision into the world's supreme X-ray observatory. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 colour illustrations, 45 halftones, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press Massachusetts
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674004979
- ISBN
- 9780674004979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.67
€ 32.99
€ 27.67
Hardcover. Part of a series in junction with NASA which takes communications technology to the farthest reaches of space, this book focuses on an array of technologies and concepts developed to support radio navigation on interplanetary spacecraft. Num Pages: 86 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: PGG; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 86
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471445340
- ISBN
- 9780471445340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 204.27
€ 204.27
Hardcover. Suitable for practicing engineers and astronomers, this book begins with the history of radio astronomy then explains the fundamentals, polarization, designing radio telescopes, understanding radio arrays, interferometers, receiving systems, mapping techniques, image processing and propagation effects in relation to radio astronomy. Num Pages: 500 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1136.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Mercury Learning & Information
- Edition
- Har/Cdr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936420353
- ISBN
- 9781936420353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.28€ 48.64
€ 56.28
€ 48.64
paperback. This two volume set aims to provide the amateur astronomer with all the information required to set up a telescope and explore the night sky. It includes trouble-shooting advice, practical tips for observing over 200 celestial objects, and information about products and resouces, Num Pages: 522 pages. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 190 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 522
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780521524209
- ISBN
- 9780521524209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.36€ 84.23
€ 93.36
€ 84.23
Hardback. Series: Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Num Pages: 312 pages, 120 black & white illustrations, 12 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781439871898
- ISBN
- 9781439871898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.54
€ 130.54
hardcover. Over the last 50 years, a variety of techniques have been developed to add a third dimension to regular imaging, with an extended spectrum associated to every imaging pixel. Dubbed 3D spectroscopy from its data format, it is now widely used in the astrophysical domain, but also inter alia for atmospheric sciences and remote sensing purposes. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: PGG; PHJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Germany
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9783527412020
- ISBN
- 9783527412020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.07
€ 151.07
Hardcover. Today we are all familiar with the iconic pictures of the nebulae produced by the Hubble Space Telescope's digital cameras. This book sheds entirely new light on the ways in which the production and reception of hand-drawn images of the nebulae in the nineteenth century contributed to astronomical observation. Num Pages: 296 pages, 85 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX; PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 264 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226084374
- ISBN
- 9780226084374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 41.24
€ 53.99
€ 41.24
hardcover. This book is an important resource to all those interested in the history of modern astronomy and visual deep-sky observing. Num Pages: 660 pages, 357 b/w illus. 238 tables. BIC Classification: PGG; PGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 195 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1624.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 660
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521192675
- ISBN
- 9780521192675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.90
€ 173.90
hardcover. An historical overview of the development of professional optical and radio observatories from 1945 to today. Num Pages: 502 pages, 91 b/w illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; PDX; PGG; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 253 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1118.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521899932
- ISBN
- 9780521899932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.62
€ 123.62