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Visual astronomy
Údaje o názvu Visual astronomy : a guide to understanding the night sky / Panos Photinos. [elektronický zdroj] Nakladatel San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2015] Distributor Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing Fyz.popis 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color). ISBN 9781627054812 (online) 9781627057127 mobi 9781627054805 (tisk) Poznámka "Version: 20150301"--Title page verso. "A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso. Poznámky o skryté bibliografii a rejstřících Includes bibliographical references. Úplný obsah Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Author biography Poznámka o obsahu Introduction -- A brief survey of celestial objects and a sense of scale -- The size of objects in the Solar System -- Objects beyond the Solar System -- Distances of celestial objects. The celestial sphere and apparent motion of the Sun -- The celestial sphere -- The annual motion of the Sun -- The Sun's analemma -- The motion of the sunrise and sunset points -- The motion of the celestial poles. Coordinate systems -- The equatorial coordinate system -- The hour angle -- The altitude-azimuth coordinate system -- The local paths of stars -- Which stars can be seen from a given location? -- When can a star be seen in the night sky? -- The ecliptic coordinate system -- Resources. The motion and phases of the Moon -- The phases of the Moon -- The diurnal motion of the Moon -- East and west elongation -- Features of the Moon -- The Moon's orbital path -- Eclipses -- The sidereal and synodic periods of the Moon -- The apparent size of the Moon -- The ocean tides -- Resources. The planets -- The orbits of planets -- Planetary motion and Kepler's laws -- The phases of the planets -- Planetary configurations -- Synodic and sidereal periods -- An explanation of the retrograde motion of planets -- Observing the planets -- Resources. Comets, meteoroids and meteor showers -- The structure of comets -- The orbits of comets -- Long and short period comets -- Meteors and meteor showers -- Space junk -- Resources. Constellations, asterisms and star names -- The distances between stars in constellations and asterisms -- The constellations of the zodiac -- Star names -- Which constellations can be seen from a given location? -- Resources. Star properties -- The color and temperature of stars -- The spectral classification of stars -- Other information contained in the absorption spectra of stars -- Luminosity and luminosity classes -- The apparent brightness and the inverse square law -- The size of stars. Telescopes -- Types of telescopes -- The focal length and the f/number -- Magnification -- Image resolution -- Refractors versus reflectors -- The effects of the atmosphere -- Using cameras with telescopes -- Finding the stars. Appendices -- A. Measuring angles -- B. Measuring distance in astronomy -- C. Time keeping -- D. Star magnitude systems and the distance modulus -- E. Bibliography. Poznámky k dostupnosti Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Určeno pro Trade, students and educators, hobbyist astronomers. Poznámky Způsob přístupu: World Wide Web.. Požadavky na systém: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Dal.odpovědnost Institute of Physics (Great Britain), Předmět.hesla Astronomy - Observers' manuals. * Astronomy - Amateurs' manuals. * Popular astronomy and space. * SCIENCE / Astronomy. Forma, žánr elektronické knihy electronic books Země vyd. Kalifornie Jazyk dok. angličtina Druh dok. Elektronické knihy URL Plný text pro studenty a zaměstnance UPOL 
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This book introduces the basics of observational astronomy. It explains the essentials of time and coordinate systems, and their use in basic observations of the night sky. The fundamental concepts and terminology are introduced in simple language making very little use of equations and math. Examples illustrate how to select the relevant information from widely accessible resources, and how to use the information to determine what is visible and when it is visible from the reader's particular location. Particular attention is paid to the dependence of the appearance and motion on the observer's location, by extending the discussion to include various latitudes in both North and South hemispheres.
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Author biographyIntroduction -- A brief survey of celestial objects and a sense of scale -- The size of objects in the Solar System -- Objects beyond the Solar System -- Distances of celestial objectsThe celestial sphere and apparent motion of the Sun -- The celestial sphere -- The annual motion of the Sun -- The Sun's analemma -- The motion of the sunrise and sunset points -- The motion of the celestial polesCoordinate systems -- The equatorial coordinate system -- The hour angle -- The altitude-azimuth coordinate system -- The local paths of stars -- Which stars can be seen from a given location? -- When can a star be seen in the night sky? -- The ecliptic coordinate system -- ResourcesThe motion and phases of the Moon -- The phases of the Moon -- The diurnal motion of the Moon -- East and west elongation -- Features of the Moon -- The Moon's orbital path -- Eclipses -- The sidereal and synodic periods of the Moon -- The apparent size of the Moon -- The ocean tides -- ResourcesThe planets -- The orbits of planets -- Planetary motion and Kepler's laws -- The phases of the planets -- Planetary configurations -- Synodic and sidereal periods -- An explanation of the retrograde motion of planets -- Observing the planets -- ResourcesComets, meteoroids and meteor showers -- The structure of comets -- The orbits of comets -- Long and short period comets -- Meteors and meteor showers -- Space junk -- ResourcesConstellations, asterisms and star names -- The distances between stars in constellations and asterisms -- The constellations of the zodiac -- Star names -- Which constellations can be seen from a given location? -- ResourcesStar properties -- The color and temperature of stars -- The spectral classification of stars -- Other information contained in the absorption spectra of stars -- Luminosity and luminosity classes -- The apparent brightness and the inverse square law -- The size of starsTelescopes -- Types of telescopes -- The focal length and the f/number -- Magnification -- Image resolution -- Refractors versus reflectors -- The effects of the atmosphere -- Using cameras with telescopes -- Finding the starsAppendices -- A. Measuring angles -- B. Measuring distance in astronomy -- C. Time keeping -- D. Star magnitude systems and the distance modulus -- E. Bibliography.
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