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Astronomy on the Personal Computer

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. Oliver Montenbruck

    1. DLR-GSOC, Weßling, Germany

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  2. Thomas Pfleger

    1. Hennef, Germany

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  • Covers most topics of interest to the practical observer

  • Provides practical solutions to a variety of astronomical problems

  • Useful as a course book for students

  • All programs, written in C++, can be found on the CD-ROM together with the executables running under Windows and Linux

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Introduction

    • Oliver Montenbruck, Thomas Pfleger
    Pages 1-6

  3. Coordinate Systems

    • Oliver Montenbruck, Thomas Pfleger
    Pages 7-34

  4. Calculation of Rising and Setting Times

    • Oliver Montenbruck, Thomas Pfleger
    Pages 35-57

  5. Cometary Orbits

    • Oliver Montenbruck, Thomas Pfleger
    Pages 59-82

  6. Special Perturbations

    • Oliver Montenbruck, Thomas Pfleger
    Pages 83-106

  7. Planetary Orbits

    • Oliver Montenbruck, Thomas Pfleger
    Pages 107-129

  8. Physical Ephemerides of the Planets

    • Oliver Montenbruck, Thomas Pfleger
    Pages 131-149

  9. The Orbit of the Moon

    • Oliver Montenbruck, Thomas Pfleger
    Pages 151-172

  10. Solar Eclipses

    • Oliver Montenbruck, Thomas Pfleger
    Pages 173-197

  11. Stellar Occultations

    • Oliver Montenbruck, Thomas Pfleger
    Pages 199-222

  12. Orbit Determination

    • Oliver Montenbruck, Thomas Pfleger
    Pages 223-250

  13. Astrometry

    • Oliver Montenbruck, Thomas Pfleger
    Pages 251-266

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 267-300
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Astronomy on the Personal Computer provides the reader with a thorough introduction to the computation of celestial mechanics, which is of particular significance to astronomical observation. Covering everything from astronomical and computational theory to the construction of rapid and accurate applications programs, this book supplies the necessary knowledge and software solutions for determining and predicting the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, minor planets and comets, solar eclipses, stellar occultations by the Moon, phases of the Moon and much more. This completely revised edition makes use of the widely implemented programming language C++, and individual applications may be efficiently realized through the use of a powerful module library. The material previously available on an accompanying CD-ROM, now at extras.springer.com, contains, in addition to the complete, fully documented and commented source codes, the executable programs for use with the Windows 98/2000/XP and LINUX operating systems.

Authors and Affiliations

  • DLR-GSOC, Weßling, Germany

    Oliver Montenbruck

  • Hennef, Germany

    Thomas Pfleger

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