Astronomy With A Home Computer

Author : Neale Monks
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781846280771

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Astronomy with a Home Computer by Neale Monks Pdf

Here is a one-volume guide to just about everything computer-related for amateur astronomers! Today’s amateur astronomy is inextricably linked to personal computers. Computer-controlled "go-to" telescopes are inexpensive. CCD and webcam imaging make intensive use of the technology for capturing and processing images. Planetarium software provides information and an easy interface for telescopes. The Internet offers links to other astronomers, information, and software. The list goes on and on. Find out here how to choose the best planetarium program: are commercial versions really better than freeware? Learn how to optimise a go-to telescope, or connect it to a lap-top. Discover how to choose the best webcam and use it with your telescope. Create a mosaic of the Moon, or high-resolution images of the planets... Astronomy with a Home Computer is designed for every amateur astronomer who owns a home computer, whether it is running Microsoft Windows, Mac O/S or Linux. It doesn’t matter what kind of telescope you own either - a small refractor is just as useful as a big "go-to" SCT for most of the projects in this book.

Author : Oliver Montenbruck,Thomas Pfleger
Publisher : Springer
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662029824

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Astronomy on the Personal Computer by Oliver Montenbruck,Thomas Pfleger Pdf

This long-awaited new edition of Montenbruck and Pfleger's successful book now includes chapters on perturbation calculations and on the calculation of physical ephemerides of the major planets and the sun. The book provides the reader with numerous programs and instructions for time and date calculation and for treating the two-body problem. Each chapter is carefully structured according to topic and closes with the listing of a relevant program, thereby facilitating its use as a practical handbook. The necessary astronomical and numerical fundamentals are also included in the text. The accompanying diskette has equally been completely revised.

Author : Peter Duffett-Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1990-06-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 052138995X

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Astronomy with Your Personal Computer by Peter Duffett-Smith Pdf

The first edition of this very successful book was one winner of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 'Astronomy Book of the Year' awards in 1986. There are a further seven subroutines in the new edition which can be linked in any combination with the existing twenty-six. Written in a portable version of BASIC, it enables the amateur astronomer to make calculations using a personal computer. The routines are not specific to any make of machine and are user friendly in that they require only a broad understanding of any particular problem. Since the programs themselves take care of details, they can be used for example to calculate the time of rising of any of the planets in any part of the world at any time in the future or past, or they may be used to find the circumstances of the next solar eclipse visible from a particular place. In fact, almost every problem likely to be encountered by the amateur astronomer can be solved by a suitable combination of the routines given in the book.

Author : Oliver Montenbruck,Thomas Pfleger
Publisher : Springer
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662033494

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Astronomy on the Personal Computer by Oliver Montenbruck,Thomas Pfleger Pdf

It is said that a typical astronomer of the 19th century spent seven hours working at a desk for every hour spent at the telescope. That's how long the routine analysis of data took with pencil, paper, and logarithmic tables. Thus when Wilhelm Olbers discovered the minor planet Vesta in 1807 and gathered the necessary observations, his friend Gauss needed almost 10 hours to hand calculate its orbit. That achievement astonished many less gifted astronomers of the time, who might have labored days to work out the orbit of a newfound comet. How different things are today! Gauss's method of orbit determination, presented in Chap. 11 of this book, runs to completion on a home computer in a few seconds at most. The machine will issue its accurate results in less time than it takes to key in the observations. In this book, a landmark in the youthful literature of astronomical com puter algorithms, Oliver Montenbruck and Thomas Pfleger cover many topics of keen interest to the practical observer. For me its most remarkable feature is the library of interrelated program modules, all elegantly written in PAS CAL. Anyone who has tried to create such modules in interpreted BASIC soon runs into trouble: too few letters for variable names, not enough signifi cant digits, and so on. These PASCAL routines are invoked one after another in coordinate transformations and calendar conversions.

Author : Eric Burgess
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Nature
ISBN : UCAL:$B62770

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Celestial BASIC by Eric Burgess Pdf

Offers Programs That Facilitate Rapid Astronomical Calculations, Which are Written in a Common Subset of BASIC & Run on the Apple

Author : Lisa Yount
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Astronomers
ISBN : 9780816057467

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Modern Astronomy by Lisa Yount Pdf

Illuminates the lives and achievements of 12 innovative scientists whose research and work in new technologies brought about a revolution in the understanding of time and space during the 20th century.

Author : Dean Robbins
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780399551857

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Margaret and the Moon by Dean Robbins Pdf

A true story from one of the Women of NASA! Margaret Hamilton loved numbers as a young girl. She knew how many miles it was to the moon (and how many back). She loved studying algebra and geometry and calculus and using math to solve problems in the outside world. Soon math led her to MIT and then to helping NASA put a man on the moon! She handwrote code that would allow the spacecraft’s computer to solve any problems it might encounter. Apollo 8. Apollo 9. Apollo 10. Apollo 11. Without her code, none of those missions could have been completed. Dean Robbins and Lucy Knisley deliver a lovely portrayal of a pioneer in her field who never stopped reaching for the stars.

Author : Randall Stuart Fairman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : 094339693X

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3D Astronomy with Java by Randall Stuart Fairman Pdf

Author : Peter Duffett-Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1985-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521266203

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Astronomy with your Personal Computer by Peter Duffett-Smith Pdf

This is a book for the amateur astronomer who wishes to carry out astronomical calculations using a personal computer with the minimum of fuss. It is not specific to any make of machine, neither are the programmes confined to specific calculations, Rather, it presents a collection of twenty-six subroutines, written in a portable version of BASIC, which can be mixed and matched according to personal requirements. Furthermore, the user need only have a broad understanding of the problem; the subroutines themselves take care of the details. For example, the routines can be used to calculate the time of rising of any of the planets in any part of the world at any time in the future or past; or they may be used to find the circumstances of the next solar eclipse visible from a particular place. Almost every problem likely to be encountered by the amateur astronomer can be solved by a suitable combination of the routines given here.

Author : Peter Duffett-Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521356997

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Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator by Peter Duffett-Smith Pdf

Using clear and logical routines, this book shows how a variety of problems and exercises in modern astronomy can be readily solved with a scientific calculator. This edition includes new sections on mutations, aberration and selenographic co-ordinates and

Author : Michael A. Covington
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521007909

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How to Use a Computerized Telescope by Michael A. Covington Pdf

The first handbook that describes how to start observing the sky with a computerized telescope.

Author : Robert Bruce Thompson,Barbara Fritchman Thompson
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0596100604

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Astronomy Hacks by Robert Bruce Thompson,Barbara Fritchman Thompson Pdf

Astronomy Hacks begins the space exploration by getting you set up with the right equipment for observing and admiring the stars in an urban setting. Along for the trip are first rate tips for making most of observations. The hacks show you how to: Dark-Adapt Your Notebook Computer. Choose the Best Binocular. Clean Your Eyepieces and Lenses Safely. Upgrade Your Optical Finder. Photograph the Stars with Basic Equipment.

Author : Stephen P. Maran
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119374244

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Astronomy For Dummies by Stephen P. Maran Pdf

Your updated guide to exploring the night sky Do you know the difference between a red giant and a white dwarf? From asteroids to black holes, this easy-to-understand guide takes you on a grand tour of the universe. Featuring updated star maps, charts, and an insert with gorgeous full-color photographs, Astronomy For Dummies provides an easy-to-follow introduction to exploring the night sky. Plus, this new edition also comes with chapter quizzes online to help your understanding. For as long as people have been walking the earth, those people have looked up into the night sky and wondered about the nature of the cosmos. Without the benefit of science to provide answers, they relied on myth and superstition to help them make sense of what they saw. Lucky for us, we live at a time when regular folks, equipped with nothing more than their naked eyes, can look up into the night sky and gain admittance to infinite wonders. If you know what to look for, you can make out planets, stars, galaxies, and even galactic clusters comprising hundreds of millions of stars and spanning millions of light-years. Whether you're an amateur astronomer, space enthusiast, or enrolled in a first year astronomy course, Astronomy For Dummies gives you a reason to look into the heavens. Includes updated schedules of coming eclipses of the Sun and Moon and a revised planetary appendix Covers recent discoveries in space, such as water on the Moon and Pluto's demotion from "planet" status Collects new websites, lists of telescope motels, sky-watching guides, and suggestions for beginner's telescopes and suppliers Provides free online access to chapter quizzes to help you understand the content Ever wonder what's out there in the big ol' universe? This is the book for you!

Author : Jack Newton,Philip Teece
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1995-01-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521444926

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The Guide to Amateur Astronomy by Jack Newton,Philip Teece Pdf

How do you choose your first telescope? Or build one from first principles? What can the deep sky offer you season-by-season? How do you get started in astrophotography? And progress to CCD imaging? The Guide to Amateur Astronomy answers the questions of the novice and the experienced amateur astronomer in one easy-to-use and comprehensive account. Throughout the emphasis is on practical methods to get you started and then develop your skills; with lavish illustrations to show you just what is possible. This second edition of the highly successful Guide has been fully revised and updated. It now takes you from basic 'piggyback' astrophotography, through the use of a cold camera to state-of- the-art CCD imaging; from studies of the planets to the most distant objects in the Universe. From guidelines for the care and adjustment of your telescope through to lists of the spectral classification of stars, amateur astronomy societies and clubs, all the information you need for your voyage of discovery and revelation is provided in this self-contained, helpful guide.

Author : Joseph M. Hilbe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-07
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781461435082

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Astrostatistical Challenges for the New Astronomy by Joseph M. Hilbe Pdf

Astrostatistical Challenges for the New Astronomy presents a collection of monographs authored by several of the disciplines leading astrostatisticians, i.e. by researchers from the fields of statistics and astronomy-astrophysics, who work in the statistical analysis of astronomical and cosmological data. Eight of the ten monographs are enhancements of presentations given by the authors as invited or special topics in astrostatistics papers at the ISI World Statistics Congress (2011, Dublin, Ireland). The opening chapter, by the editor, was adapted from an invited seminar given at Los Alamos National Laboratory (2011) on the history and current state of the discipline; the second chapter by Thomas Loredo was adapted from his invited presentation at the Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy V conference (2011, Pennsylvania State University), presenting insights regarding frequentist and Bayesian methods of estimation in astrostatistical analysis. The remaining monographs are research papers discussing various topics in astrostatistics. The monographs provide the reader with an excellent overview of the current state astrostatistical research, and offer guidelines as to subjects of future research. Lead authors for each chapter respectively include Joseph M. Hilbe (Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Arizona State Univ); Thomas J. Loredo (Dept of Astronomy, Cornell Univ); Stefano Andreon (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Italy); Martin Kunz ( Institute for Theoretical Physics, Univ of Geneva, Switz); Benjamin Wandel ( Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Univ Pierre et Marie Curie, France); Roberto Trotta (Astrophysics Group, Dept of Physics, Imperial College London, UK); Phillip Gregory (Dept of Astronomy, Univ of British Columbia, Canada); Marc Henrion (Dept of Mathematics, Imperial College, London, UK); Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay (Dept of Statistics, Univ of Calcutta, India); Marisa March (Astrophysics Group, Dept of Physics, Imperial College, London, UK)./body