Overview
- The next step after CCD imaging for amateur astronomers
- Provides a solid but not overly technical background in photometry theory and practice and suggestions for specific easy-to-implement projects
- Worked examples of photometry reductions using simple spreadsheets
- Many detailed "finder charts" with magnitudes for reference fields that allow putting observations on standard systems
- Detailed steps on how to go about gathering data for specific projects
- Covers lightcurve period analysis, and how to avoid common mistakes, by showing examples of how things can be misinterpreted
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Brian Warner has been an astronomer for 40 years. He ran the Minor Planet Observer for ten years, and has contributed more than 60 papers to the Minor Planet Bulletin, along with regular articles. He lives in Colorado, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis
Authors: Brian D. Warner
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-33391-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-33391-5Published: 03 July 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 298
Number of Illustrations: 110 b/w illustrations
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology