Serious amateur astronomers often wonder how to find new minor planets, comets and novae and would like to know how to use photoelectric detectors to derive the temperatures of stars. These issues along with predicting future eclipses and the occultations of stars by minor planets are topics covered in this authoritative and wide-ranging guide. For each topic, sound practical methods of observation and the scientific background are given to facilitate better observations. Guidelines also show how to record and catalog observations using the recognized professional terminology and classification schemes. From the simplest pencil drawings of the moon to observations of the most distant galaxies with state-of-the-art CCD cameras and photoelectric photometers, this guide is packed with practical tips for all types of amateur observations. Volume 2 covers aurorae, meteors, double and multiple stars, variable stars, deep sky objects, novae, and supernovae.
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"This is a gem of a book...it is a grand smorgasbord of material for the advanced amateur astronomer who hungers for more than just cosmic sight-seeing and souvenir astrophotos of celestial places visited...Each of the ten chapters is meant to stand alone as an independent unit...This way the reader does not have to digest the entire bood in order to get what he/she needs to observe...The book is quite irresistible...The Observer's Guide to Astronomy, Volume 2, is well written, well-organized, and nicely cross-referenced...I highly recommend this book to any serious observer. It was worth the pain of writing the review just to to get my hands on a copy of it!" Mary Lou Whitehorne, Canadian Jjournal
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From pencil drawings of the moon to observations with CCD cameras and photoelectric photometers of the most distant galaxies, this guide is packed with practical tips for amateur astronomers of all interests.
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Anyone who has had the opportunity of travelling to high northern or southern latitudes during the long winter night, and has discovered the polar aurorae for themselves has undoubtedly been left with an indelible impression. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
visual astrometry, clumpy galaxies, photographing meteors, meteor photography, auroral form, astrometric work, blink microscope, sporadic meteors, blink comparator, auroral electrons, atmospheric velocity, dispersing element, auroral observations, colour indices, memory zone, differential photometry, filar micrometer, auroral research, limiting magnitude, major showers, comparison stars, optical box, faint meteors, equatorial mounting, programme stars Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Anyone who has had the opportunity of travelling to high northern or southern latitudes during the long winter night, and has discovered the polar aurorae for themselves has undoubtedly been left with an indelible impression. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
visual astrometry, clumpy galaxies, photographing meteors, meteor photography, auroral form, astrometric work, blink microscope, sporadic meteors, blink comparator, auroral electrons, atmospheric velocity, dispersing element, auroral observations, colour indices, memory zone, differential photometry, filar micrometer, auroral research, limiting magnitude, major showers, comparison stars, optical box, faint meteors, equatorial mounting, programme stars Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milky Way, Solar System, Comet Halley, Nova Cygni, United States, Cambridge University Press, Guy Hurst, Nova Vulpeculae, Paul Baize, Julian Days, Pic du Midi Observatory, Sky Publishing Corp, Star Magnitude, Andromeda Galaxy, Atlas Stellarum, Ben Mayer, Coronae Borealis, North America, North Pole, Observatoire de Haute Provence, Wil Tirion, American Association of Variable Star Observers, Astronomique de France, Comet Giacobini-Zinner, Hans Vehrenberg New!
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- Double Stars (Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs) by W.D. Heintz on page 122, and Back Matter
- Astronomical Formulae for Calculators by Jean Meeus in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Star Atlas by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory on page 337, and page 343
- Astrophysical Techniques, Fourth Edition by C.R. Kitchin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Cambridge Astronomy Guide by William Liller on page 307, and Back Matter
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