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Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 1852338059 | edition 2005 | PDF | 208 pages | 10,38 mb 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. ... Ebook description

Publisher: Dover Publications 2006-02-10 | 176 Pages | ISBN: 0486450177 | PDF | 12 MB An accessible exposition of gravitation theory and celestial mechanics, this classic volume was written by a distinguished Soviet astronomer. It explains with exceptional clarity the methods used by physicists in studying celestial phenomena, including perturbed motion, satellite technology, planetary rotation, and the motions of the stars. ... Ebook description

Springer | 2008 | ISBN: 1402091893 | 514 pages | PDF | 8 MB The Workshop ‘Science with the VLT in the ELT era’ was organised by ESO as a forum for the astronomical community to debate its expected future use of ESO’s Very Large Telescope ( and its VLTI interferometric mode) when other facilities such as ALMA, JWST and, hopefully, at least one extremely large 30-40m class telescope will be operating. ... Ebook description

Springer | 2009-08-25 | ISBN: 0387765735 | 328 pages | PDF | 2,5 MB The purpose of the book is a dual one: to detail the nature and results of Tunguska investigations in the former USSR and present-day CIS, and to destroy two long-standing myths still held in the West. The first concerns alleged “final solutions” that have ostensibly been found in Russia or elsewhere. ... Ebook description

Publisher: McGraw-Hill | ISBN: 0071364366 | edition 2001 | PDF | 241 pages | 4,2 mb - Provides a basic introduction to the topics covered in a beginning astronomy course, with an emphasis on problem-solving methods ordinarily taught on the fly or in ad-hoc tutorials - Closes the gap in student literature by providing a focused, comprehensive presentation of basic astronomical pro. ... Ebook description

Publisher: National Academies Press | 2008-09-09 | ISBN: 0309109035 | PDF | 40 pages | 2.20 MB “Satellite Observations to Benefit Science and Society: Recommended Missions for the Next Decade” brings the next ten years into focus for the Earth and environmental science community with a prioritized agenda of space programs, missions, and supporting activities that will best serve scientists in the next decade. ... Ebook description

Chelsea House Publications | 2000 | ISBN: 0791053105 | 120 pages | PDF | 2,9 MB This businesslike profile of the spacecraft’s anything-but-routine course won’t keep readers riveted the way the Tom Hanks movie will, but it does put the mission into historical context while providing a compact history of the first decade or so of our space program. Hasday describes that program’s genesis and development, introduces the astronauts assigned to Apollo 13, and then takes readers through the disastrous mission, from liftoff to reentry. ... Ebook description