Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Double stars
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Bright Star Catalogue
Author: The Bright Star Catalogue
Author: Dorrit HoffleitPublisher: Yale Univ Department of Astronomy
ISBN: 9780914753001
Category : Stars
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Catalogue of Bright Stars
Author: Sky Catalogue 2000.0: Volume 1
Author: Alan HirshfeldPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521427364
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
The one stop reference book for hard information on the brighter stars.
A Supplement to the Bright Star Catalogue
Author: Dorrit HoffleitPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stars
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Catalogue of Bright Stars
Author: Frank SchlesingerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stars
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The History of Ptolemy’s Star Catalogue
Author: Gerd GraßhoffPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461244684
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Ptolemy's Almagest shares with Euclid's Elements the glory of being the scientific text longest in use. From its conception in the second century up to the late Renaissance, this work determined astronomy as a science. During this time the Almagest was not only a work on astronomy; the subject was defined as what is described in the Almagest. The cautious emancipation of the late middle ages and the revolutionary creation of the new science in the 16th century are not conceivable without reference to the Almagest. This text lifted European astronomy to the high standard of knowledge on which the new science flourished. Before, the Ptolemaic models of the orbits of the sun, the moon, and the planets had been refined by Arabic astronomers. They provided the structural elements with which Copernicus and Kepler ushered in the era of modern astronomy. The Almagest survived the destruction of its epicyclic representation of the planetary orbits in the conceptual traces left behind in the theories of its successors. The clear separation of the sidereal from the tropical year, the celestial coordinate systems, the concepts of time, the forms of the constellations, and brightness classifications of celestial objects are, among many other things, still part of the astronomical canon even today.
Harvard Catalogue of Photographic Magnitudes of Bright Stars North of +570.5
Author: Cecilia Helena Payne GaposchkinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Northern sky (Astronomy)
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The Cambridge Star Atlas
Author: Wil TirionPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521800846
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The Cambridge Star Atlas covers the entire sky, both northern and southern latitudes, in an attractive format that is suitable for beginners and experienced astronomical observers. There is a series of monthly sky charts, followed by an atlas of the whole sky, arranged in 20 overlapping full colour charts. Each chart shows stars down to magnitude 6.5, together with about 900 non-stellar objects, such as clusters and galaxies, which can be seen with binoculars or a small telescope. There is a comprehensive map of the Moon's surface, showing craters and other named features. Wil Tirion is the world's foremost designer of astronomical maps. For this new edition he has devised improved versions of all the charts, and the text and star data have been completely revised based on the latest information. Clear, authoritative and easy-to-use, The Cambridge Star Atlas is an ideal reference atlas for sky watchers everywhere.
Astronomical Data Center Bulletin
Author: Astronomical Data Center (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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