Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods
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Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods
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
€ 59.21
€ 59.21
Hardback. This stunningly illustrated book describes how NASA is planning a seventh landing on the Moon. The book reveals the very latest strategies for how we'll get to the Moon, what we know today, what we want to find out, and what life on the Moon will be like. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 75 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PGG; TTDS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387938806
- ISBN
- 9780387938806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.50
€ 41.99
€ 37.50
Paperback. This book describes the telescopes built by such renowned makers as Dollond, Alvan Clark, Thomas Cooke & Sons, Carl Zeiss and others. Includes interviews with collectors of classic telescopes, and tips for readers on prospecting for and acquiring their own. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 239 pages, 88 black & white illustrations, 83 colour illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: PGG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 11. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461444237
- ISBN
- 9781461444237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.04
€ 48.99
€ 40.04
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
€ 49.00€ 42.60
€ 49.00
€ 42.60
Paperback. Shows just how much solar observation work can be accomplished with Coronado telescopes, and explains how to get the best from these instruments. This book also shows that Solar prominences, filaments, flares, sunspots, plage and active regions are all visible and can be imaged to produce spectacular solar photographs. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387681269
- ISBN
- 9780387681269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.44
€ 48.99
€ 41.44
Paperback. Presenting descriptions and photographs of the 103 Messier objects, this volume describes how they can be located without a computerized telescope or even setting circles. Illustrations show how the objects appear through a 127mm Maksutov (and other instruments, where applicable). Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 387 pages, 197 black & white illustrations, 99 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 616.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387853567
- ISBN
- 9780387853567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.10€ 49.12
€ 53.10
€ 49.12
hardcover. Series: Princeton Series in Modern Observational Astronomy. Num Pages: 376 pages, 16 color illus. 23 halftones. 132 line illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 263 x 201 x 30. Weight in Grams: 986.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691137797
- ISBN
- 9780691137797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.00€ 94.13
€ 98.00
€ 94.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: PGG; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 105 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Collector's Guide Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894959384
- ISBN
- 9781894959384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
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
€ 26.99€ 20.47
€ 26.99
€ 20.47
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
€ 148.18€ 134.58
€ 148.18
€ 134.58
Hardback. Proceedings of the Joint Discussion-17 at the 23rd IAU General Assembly, organised by the Commission 41, held in Kyoto, Japan, August 25-26, 1997 Editor(s): Ansari, S.M. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBT; PGC; PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402006579
- ISBN
- 9781402006579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.81
€ 201.81
Paperback. Helps the astronomer and astronomy student to improve the quality of their photometric measurements and to extract a maximum of information from their observations. This book is based on the authors' observing experience, spending numerous nights behind various instruments at many different observatories. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792317760
- ISBN
- 9780792317760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 131.85
€ 131.85
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
€ 33.99€ 25.01
€ 33.99
€ 25.01
Hardcover. Formulation for Observed and Computed Values of Deep Space Network Data Types for Navigation documents the formation of the Regres of the Orbit Determination Program (ODP) of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Program Regres calculates the computed values of observed quantities (e.g. Series: JPL Deep-Space Communications and Navigation Series. Num Pages: 576 pages, references. BIC Classification: PGC; PGG; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 37. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471445357
- ISBN
- 9780471445357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 310.82
€ 310.82
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
€ 213.21
€ 213.21
Hardback. When the Soviets launched Sputnik in 1957, thousands of ordinary people across the globe seized the opportunity to participate in the start of the Space Age. This book tells the story of this network of pioneers who, fueled by civic pride and exhilarated by space exploration, took part in the scientific endeavor. Num Pages: 344 pages, 34 halftones. 4 line illus. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128542
- ISBN
- 9780691128542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.00€ 39.85
€ 49.00
€ 39.85
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
€ 33.99€ 28.94
€ 33.99
€ 28.94
Hardback. Details the evolution of the large parabolic dish antennas, from the initial 26 m operation at L band (960 MHz) in 1958 through the Ka band (32 GHz) operation on the 70 m antenna, used to support radio and radar astronomy observations in the exploration of the solar system and the universe. Series: JPL Deep-Space Communications and Navigation Series. Num Pages: 302 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471445371
- ISBN
- 9780471445371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 272.30
€ 272.30
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
€ 99.21€ 69.67
€ 99.21
€ 69.67