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Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods
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Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods
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
Paperback. Editor(s): Skobel Tsyn, D. V. Series: The Lebedev Physics Institute Series. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 10. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1966
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489947789
- ISBN
- 9781489947789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Hardback. A comprehensive guide to the physics and observations of Radio Recombination Lines from astronomical sources, intended for astronomers, physicists, and graduate students. This work includes the history of RRL detections, and the astrophysics underlying their intensities and line shapes. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 375 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PGM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402010163
- ISBN
- 9781402010163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.97
€ 195.97
Hardcover. Suitable for practicing engineers and astronomers, this book begins with the history of radio astronomy then explains the fundamentals, polarization, designing radio telescopes, understanding radio arrays, interferometers, receiving systems, mapping techniques, image processing and propagation effects in relation to radio astronomy. Num Pages: 500 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1136.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Mercury Learning & Information
- Edition
- Har/Cdr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936420353
- ISBN
- 9781936420353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.70€ 50.65
€ 57.70
€ 50.65
Hardback. This carefully written book is intended to provide a solid understanding of the principles of stellar interferometry. Illustrated by excellent drawings and calculated graphs, it is aimed at students starting an astronomical research project in this field. Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PGM; PHJ; TTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2011
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642150272
- ISBN
- 9783642150272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.27
€ 196.27
paperback. Contains information an amateur astronomer may need to know to begin observing whilst going into the subject for those who are already involved. This book covers a wide range of available equipment, from simple DIY spectroscopes to some of the most expensive commercially-made instruments. Editor(s): Tonkin, Stephen F. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 213 pages, 115 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PNFS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852334895
- ISBN
- 9781852334895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 43.62
€ 53.99
€ 43.62
Hardback. The third volume under the title "Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy", this book covers a range of fields and themes. It offers a collection of chapters dealing with socio-dynamical aspects of the astronomy community; characteristics of organizations; strategies for development; operational techniques; observing practicalities; and more. Editor(s): Heck, Andre. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 589.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402008122
- ISBN
- 9781402008122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.72
€ 128.72
Hardback. Offers reviews of detectors and spectrographs. This book addresses ways to handle photons, based on quantum physics. It provides two reviews about wavefront processing and about image restoration and deconvolution algorithms for ill conditioned cases. Editor(s): Foy, Renaud; Foy, Francoise Claude. Series: NATO Science Series II. Num Pages: 438 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 899.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402034350
- ISBN
- 9781402034350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.28
€ 252.28
Paperback. Includes two reviews about wavefront processing and about image restoration and deconvolution algorithms for ill conditioned cases. This book provides reviews of detectors and of spectrographs, as well as forefront R&D in the field of optical coatings and of guided optics. Editor(s): Foy, Renaud; Foy, Francoise Claude. Series: NATO Science Series II. Num Pages: 438 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 741.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402034367
- ISBN
- 9781402034367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 207.02
€ 207.02
Hardback. Presents the proceedings of a workshop held at the European Southern Observatory in September 1999, which concentrates on optical detectors for astronomy. The papers presented in these proceedings are concerned with the development, manufacture, testing, implementation, new techniques and applications of Charged Coupled Devices (CCDs). Editor(s): Amico, Paola; Beletic, James W. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 444 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PGG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792365365
- ISBN
- 9780792365365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.75
€ 202.75
Hardback. Proceedings of an ESO CCD Workshop held in Garching, Germany on October 8-10, 1996 Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PGG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792349259
- ISBN
- 9780792349259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.73
€ 195.73
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
€ 150.84€ 134.58
€ 150.84
€ 134.58
Paperback. This book shows the most cost-effective and time-efficient ways to use one-shot CCD cameras for capturing deep-sky astronomical images, and discusses how to get the best performance out of equipment that exposes all three color images at once. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 211 pages, 78 black & white illustrations, 20 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461432463
- ISBN
- 9781461432463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.00
€ 41.99
€ 34.00
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€ 41.45
€ 48.99
€ 41.45
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.
- Format
- 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
€ 52.93€ 48.76
€ 52.93
€ 48.76
Hardcover. Observing Photons in Space Editor(s): Huber, Martin C. E.; Culhane, J. L.; Pauluhn, Anuschka; Timothy, J. Gethyn; Wilhelm, Klaus; Zehnder, Alex. Series: ISSI Scientific Report Series. Num Pages: 747 pages, 313 black & white illustrations, 32 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PGG; PNFS; RGW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461478034
- ISBN
- 9781461478034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.08
€ 199.08
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
€ 54.99€ 43.30
€ 54.99
€ 43.30
Hardcover. This is the first book for astronomers who wish to use molecular emissions as a tool to explore the Universe. Series: Cambridge Observing Handbooks for Research Astronomers. Num Pages: 184 pages, 41 b/w illus. 24 tables. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107018167
- ISBN
- 9781107018167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Hardback. This is the revised and expanded third edition of Lena et al.'s successful work Observational Astrophysics. It presents a synthesis on tools and methods of observational astrophysics of the early 21st century, and touches upon new windows of astronomy. Translator(s): Lyle, Stephen N. Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Num Pages: 719 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1262.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 719
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642218149
- ISBN
- 9783642218149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 232.66
€ 232.66
Paperback. Translator(s): Lyle, S. Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Num Pages: 527 pages, 67 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PHVB; PHVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 807.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2nd ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 527
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642083365
- ISBN
- 9783642083365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 157.79
€ 157.79