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Author | : Hans G. Walter |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 364257260X |
Download Astrometry of Fundamental Catalogues Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Celestial fundamental catalogues are a prerequisite for the determination of absolute positions and motions in space. Presently, positional astrometry is at the watershed between classical fundamental catalogues, based on moving reference stars, and modern catalogues, based on extragalactic reference objects with non-measurable motion. This book addresses the concepts and methods of the respective construction techniques leading to the stellar frame of the FK5 (fifth fundamental catalogue) and to the newly adopted extragalactic radio reference frame, ICRF (international celestial reference frame), with its extension to optical wavelengths by the Hipparcos Catalogue. While principal outlines of meridian circle observations are given, emphasis is put in some detail on the VLBI technique as applied to astrometry, and to the observational techniques used in the Hipparcos mission, including the tie of the originally non-anchored rigid Hipparcos sphere into the ICRF.
Author | : Mahlon S. Hunt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Astronomical instruments |
ISBN | : |
Download Star Catalogues and Their Significance to Geodesy of the 1980's Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Star catalogues are important tools for the geodesist in the determination of astronomic position and azimuth. Fundamental general catalogues contain the most accurate stellar positions and proper motions. Like other users, the geodesist depends on astrometrists for the discussion and development of fundamental general catalogues. The internationally accepted FK4 is the best contemporary fundamental general catalogue. An expanded and improved revision, the FK5, is planned for completion by 1980. Because of increasing accuracy requirements for astronomic position and azimuth, it is desirable that the geodesist be aware of uncertainties contained within catalogues. The general development of star catalogues is included as background information. (Author).
Author | : Simon Newcomb |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : Stars |
ISBN | : |
Download Catalogue of Fundamental Stars for the Epochs 1875 and 1900 Reduced to an Absolute System Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Hannu Karttunen |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 507 |
Release | : 2007-06-27 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3540341439 |
Download Fundamental Astronomy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Fundamental Astronomy is a well-balanced, comprehensive introduction to classical and modern astronomy. While emphasizing both the astronomical concepts and the underlying physical principles, the text provides a sound basis for more profound studies in the astronomical sciences. This is the fifth edition of the successful undergraduate textbook and reference work. It has been extensively modernized and extended in the parts dealing with extragalactic astronomy and cosmology. You will also find augmented sections on the solar system and extrasolar planets as well as a new chapter on astrobiology. Long considered a standard text for physical science majors, Fundamental Astronomy is also an excellent reference work for dedicated amateur astronomers.
Author | : Siegfried Böhme |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 851 |
Release | : 2013-04-18 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3662123258 |
Download Literature 1980, Part 2 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Royal Astronomical Society |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Astronomy |
ISBN | : |
Download Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Portfolio of 8 charts accompanies v. 83.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1064 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Astronomy |
ISBN | : |
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Vol. 53-54 includes prospectus entitled Its Nature, aims and methods.
Author | : Pierre Léna |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 724 |
Release | : 2012-01-13 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3642218148 |
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,This is the updated, widely revised, restructured and expanded third edition of Léna et al.'s successful work Observational Astrophysics. It presents a synthesis on tools and methods of observational astrophysics of the early 21st century. Written specifically for astrophysicists and graduate students, this textbook focuses on fundamental and sometimes practical limitations on the ultimate performance that an astronomical system may reach, rather than presenting particular systems in detail. In little more than a decade there has been extraordinary progress in imaging and detection technologies, in the fields of adaptive optics, optical interferometry, in the sub-millimetre waveband, observation of neutrinos, discovery of exoplanets, to name but a few examples. The work deals with ground-based and space-based astronomy and their respective fields. And it also presents the ambitious concepts behind space missions aimed for the next decades. Avoiding particulars, it covers the whole of the electromagnetic spectrum, and provides an introduction to the new forms of astronomy becoming possible with gravitational waves and neutrinos. It also treats numerical aspects of observational astrophysics: signal processing, astronomical databases and virtual observatories.
Author | : Royal Observatory, Greenwich |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Stars |
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Download Catalogue of Stars for the Epoch 1900-0 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Walter Fricke |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 17 |
Release | : 1985 |
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