Overview
- A complete book on observing variable stars, suitable for amateur astronomers of all levels of experience and ability
- Part One provides highly detailed descriptions of all types of variable star - nomenclature, physical details, and illustrations
- Part Two covers practical observing techniques, everything from planning, through observing techniques, to data management and reduction
- All sections of the book are dealt with in a non-mathematical way
Part of the book series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series (PATRICKMOORE)
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About this book
Observing variable stars is one of the major contributions amateur
astronomers make to science. There are 36,000 variable stars listed in
the General Catalogue of Variable Stars, so it is clearly impossible for
the limited number of professional observatories to target even the
majority of them. That's where amateur astronomers come in - thousands of
them turning their telescopes to the sky every night. Variable star
observing is the most popular of "real science" activities for amateurs,
and Gerry Good's book provides everything needed. The first part of the
book provides a highly detailed account of the various classes of variable
star, with examples, illustrations and physical descriptions. The second
section covers practical aspects of observing, everything from preparation
and planning, through observing techniques, to data management and
reduction.
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Observing Variable Stars
Authors: Gerry A. Good
Series Title: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0055-3
Publisher: Springer London
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-85233-498-7Published: 09 December 2002
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-0055-3Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 1431-9756
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6562
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 284
Number of Illustrations: 428 b/w illustrations