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Stargazers

The Contribution of Amateurs to Astronomy, Proceedings of Colloquium 98 of the IAU, June 20–24, 1987

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1988

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  1. Storm Dunlop

    1. East Wittering, West Sussex, England

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  2. Michèle Gerbaldi

    1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut d’Astrophysique, Paris, France

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Table of contents (122 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. Historical

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Amateur Astronomy from Its Origins to Camille Flammarion

      • Jean Seidengart
      Pages 2-10

    3. Camille Flammarion (1842–1925): Founder of the Société Astronomique de France

      • Jacques Pernet
      Pages 11-14

    4. The Historical Contribution of Amateurs to the Study of Double Stars

      • P. Couteau
      Pages 15-19

    5. Twentieth-Century Amateur Astronomy

      • A. J. Meadows
      Pages 20-23

    6. Criteria for Identifying an Astronomer as an Amateur

      • Thomas R. Williams
      Pages 24-25

    7. Johannes Hevelius: Polish Seventeenth-Century Brewer and Astronomer

      • Cecylia Iwaniszewska
      Pages 26-27

    8. Eugène Antoniadi (1870–1944) and Planetary Observation

      • Adouin Dollfus
      Pages 28-30

    9. Investigating Astronomy’s History

      • Norman Sperling
      Pages 31-31

    10. Charles Boyer and the Rotation of Venus

      • Adouin Dollfus
      Pages 32-34

    11. The Amateur and Eclipsing Binary Stars

      • Frank Bradshaw Wood
      Pages 35-39

    12. Amateur Astronomy in Poland: Past and Present

      • Katarzyna Turaj
      Pages 40-43

    13. Giovanni Battista Lacchini: An Amateur Astronomer from Italy

      • Giancarlo Favero, Sandro Baroni
      Pages 44-45

    14. The Instruments of H.E. Dall

      • E. J. Hysom
      Pages 46-47

    15. Roberts of Lovedale and Eclipsing Binary Stars

      • Thomas R. Williams
      Pages 48-49

    16. Seventeenth-Century Solar Observations: Fundamental Results with Amateur Instruments

      • E. Ribes-Nesme, J. C. Ribes
      Pages 50-50

    17. Sailors and Astronomy

      • Antoine Demerliac
      Pages 51-53

    18. The Map of the Heavens at the Chateau de Saint-Jean-de-Chepy

      • Joël Barbier
      Pages 54-54

    19. Amateur Astronomy in France, 1789–1830: Two Examples

      • Simone Dumont, Solange Grillet
      Pages 55-55
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Editors and Affiliations

  • East Wittering, West Sussex, England

    Storm Dunlop

  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut d’Astrophysique, Paris, France

    Michèle Gerbaldi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Stargazers

  • Book Subtitle: The Contribution of Amateurs to Astronomy, Proceedings of Colloquium 98 of the IAU, June 20–24, 1987

  • Editors: Storm Dunlop, Michèle Gerbaldi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74020-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-50230-2Published: 20 December 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-74020-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 237

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Geophysics/Geodesy

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