The Sky is Your Laboratory Advanced Astronomy Projects for Amateurs
For the experienced amateur astronomer who is wondering if there is something useful, valuable, and permanent that can be done with his or her observational skills, the answer is, "Yes, you can!" This is the book for the experienced amateur astronomer who is ready to take a new step in his...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Praxis
2007, 2007
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2007 |
| Series: | Popular Astronomy
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Meteor Studies
- Visual meteor counts of major meteor showers
- Characterization of minor meteor showers
- Characterizing Sporadic meteors, and discovering unrecognized showers
- Automating your Meteor Observations
- Radio Meteor Monitoring
- Additional Reading and Resources
- Occultations
- Lunar Occultation Timing
- Grazing Lunar Occultations
- Asteroid Occultation Timing
- International Occultation Timing Association
- Additional Reading and Resources
- Visual Observing
- Variable Star Observing
- AAVSO
- CCD Photometry
- General Principles of Aperture Photometry
- Selection of Comp Stars
- Software Packages for Photometry
- Absolute vs. Differential Photometry
- CCD Photometry of Variable Stars
- Determining Asteroid Lightcurves
- Signal, Noise, and Photometric Accuracy
- Extra-Solar Planet Transits
- Absolute Photometry on the B-V-R system
- Asteroid Phase Curves
- CCD Astrometry.-Basic Principles of Astrometry
- Equipment needed
- Making the Observations
- Reducing and Analyzing your Results
- Asteroid astrometry
- Binary Stars: Separation and Position Angle
- Discovery projects
- Lunar Meteor Impacts
- Asteroid Hunting and Discovery
- Comet Hunting
- Nova and Supernova Hunting
- Nova Search
- Supernova Search
- Serendipitous discoveries
- Some Notes on Time
- Some Background on Astrometric Concepts
- The scientist's record book