Observing and measuring visual double stars / R.W. Argyle (editor).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Argyle, R. W.

Series:

The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series, 1431-9756

Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series, 1431-9756

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Double stars--Observers' manuals.

Double stars.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In these days of high-precision astrometric satellites, tremendous contributions to the science of astrometry are being made by amateur astronomers around the globe. This second edition of Observing and Measuring Visual Double Stars contains a significant amount of completely new material inspired by the work done by observers - particularly in the USA - since the first edition was published. Fifteen skilled and experienced astronomers have contributed chapters on their own specialization in the various fields. These include how to use the Internet to carry out precise astronomical measurement, an excellent guide to sketching double stars, and information on how to image double stars of unequal brightness. This new edition is the definitive book for those who are serious about this fascinating aspect of astronomy! Author Bob Argyle has been observing visual double stars for more than 40 years, some with the help of the world's biggest refractors, and has been director of the Webb Society Double Star Section since 1970.

Contents:

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1: More than one Sun

Chapter 2: Why observe double stars?

Chapter 3: The Observation of Binocular Double Stars

Chapter 4: Double Star Sketching

Chapter 5: Multiple stars and planets

Chapter 6: Is the Sun a double star?

Chapter 7: The orbital elements of a Visual Binary Star

Chapter 8: Orbit computation

Chapter 9: Ten famous double stars

Chapter 10: The resolution of a telescope

Chapter 11: Reflecting telescopes and double star astronomy

Chapter 12: Simple techniques of measurement

Chapter 13: Filar micrometer

Chapter 14: The Diffraction Grating Micrometer

Chapter 15: CCD Camera Observations

Chapter 16: Lucky Imaging

Chapter 17: The DSLR Camera

Chapter 18: Astrometric Speckle Interferometry for the Amateur.-Chapter 19: Internet astrometry

Chapter 20: How to measure the minima of eclipsing binaries; an amateur's experiences

Chapter 21: Lunar Occultations

Chapter 22: What the amateur can contribute

Chapter 23: Some active amateur double star observers

Chapter 24: An observing session

Chapter 25: Some Useful Formulae

Chapter 26: Star atlases and software

Chapter 27: Catalogues

Chapter 28: Publication of results

Chapter 29: Brief biographies

Chapter 30: References and Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-62355-2

9786613936004

1-4614-3945-0

OCLC:

809927295