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Double stars are the rule, rather than the exception: our solar system, having a single sun, is in the minority. Orbiting satellites, ground-based observatories and interferometers have all helped discover many hundreds of new pairs - but this has left enormous numbers of wide, faint pairs under-observed or not observed at all.
This is where amateur astronomers can help. Bob Argyle, a professional astronomer at Cambridge University, shows where enthusiastic amateur observers can best direct their efforts.
The book caters for the use of every level of equipment, from simple commercial telescopes to micrometers and CCD cameras.
Amateur astronomers who have gone beyond "sight-seeing" and want to make a genuine scientific contribution will find this a fascinating and rewarding field - and this book provides all the background and practical information that's needed.
Readership:
Intermediate/Advanced Astronomers
Table of Contents
- Introduction .
- More Than One Sun (Bob Argyle).
- Why Observe Double Stars? (Bob Argyle).
- The Observation of Binocular Double Stars (Mike Ropelewski).
- The Scale of Binary Systems (Bob Argyle)
- Multiple Stars and Planets (Bob Argyle).
- Is the Sun a Double Star? (Bob Argyle).
- The Orbital Elements of a Visual Binary Star (Andreas Alzner).
- Orbit Computation (Andreas Alzner).
- Some Famous Double Stars (Bob Argyle).
- The Resolution of a Telescope (Bob Argyle).
- Reflecting Telescopes and Double Star Astronomy (Christopher Taylor).
- Simple Techniques of Measurement (Tom Teague).
- The Double-Image Micrometer (Andreas Alzner).
- The Diffraction Grating Micrometer (Andreas Maurer).
- The Filar Micrometer (Bob Argyle).
- The CCD Camera (Doug West).
- Speckle Interferometry for the Amateur (Nils Turner).
- Lunar Occultations (Graham Appleby).
- What the Amateur can Contribute (Bob Argyle).
- Some Active Amateur Double Star Observers (Bob Argyle)
- An Observing Session (Bob Argyle).
- Some Useful Formulae (Michael Greaney).
- Star Atlases and Software (Owen Brazell).
- Catalogues (Bob Argyle).
- Publication of Results (Bob Argyle).
- Appendix:
- Some Useful URL Addresses.
- Brief Biographies.
- Index
Springer Berlin, 2003, 335 S.
42,75 Euro
Broschiert
ISBN: 978-1-85233-558-8
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