×


 x 

Shopping cart

Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods

Results 61 - 80 of 148

Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods

Hardcover. Editor(s): Chinnici, Ileana. Series: Historical & Cultural Astronomy. Num Pages: 135 pages, 78 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, 50 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; PDX; PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319414850
ISBN
9783319414850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.78

Hardback. Offers an introduction to practical astrometry, dealing with the determination of positions, motions, distances and dimensions of celestial bodies ranging from quasars to artificial satellites. Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PHVG; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2nd ed. 2002
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9783540423805
ISBN
9783540423805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.63

Paperback. Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PHVG; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 605.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2nd ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2002
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642076190
ISBN
9783642076190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.96

Hardback. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 132 pages, 51 black & white illustrations, 34 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PHP; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319204116
ISBN
9783319204116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.18

Hardback. Proceedings of the 179th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Baltimore, MD, USA, August 26-30, 1996 Editor(s): McLean, Brian J.; Golombek, Daniel A. (Space Telescope Science Institute); Hayes, Jeffrey J. E. (Space Telescope Science Institute); Payne, Harry E. (Space Telescope Science Institute). Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia (Closed). Num Pages: 508 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PGG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1197.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792348023
ISBN
9780792348023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 254.35

Paperback. Proceedings of the 179th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Baltimore, MD, USA, August 26-30, 1996 Editor(s): McLean, Brian J.; Golombek, Daniel A. (Space Telescope Science Institute); Hayes, Jeffrey J. E. (Space Telescope Science Institute); Payne, Harry E. (Space Telescope Science Institute). Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia (Closed). Num Pages: 508 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PGG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 899.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792348030
ISBN
9780792348030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 252.38

Hardback. During the first research phase for 'Observation of the System Earth from Space' in 'Geotechnologien' six projects were accomplished covering Earth gravity field and Earth rotation research. This book provides a summary of the obtained results. It is intended for the scientific community working in gravity field and Earth rotation research. Editor(s): Flury, Jakob (TU Munchen, Germany); Rummel, Reiner (TU Munchen, Germany); Reigber, Christoph; Rothacher, Markus; Boedecker, Gerd (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Munchen, Germany); Schreiber, Ulrich (Fundamentalstation Wettzell, Kotzing, Germany). Num Pages: 504 pages, 54 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9783540295204
ISBN
9783540295204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 253.15

Hardback. New and updated edition of advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate textbook on observational astronomy. Num Pages: 324 pages, 180 b/w illus. 125 exercises. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 181 x 21. Weight in Grams: 788.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521853705
ISBN
9780521853705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.68

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!