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- About this book
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A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis provides, for
those with access to even a modest telescope and CCD camera, all the
information needed to take part in the scientific study of asteroids and
variable stars.
Using commercially available equipment, amateur astronomers can
determine the rotation rate, size, and shape of asteroids. Similarly, it
is possible to discover the size, temperature, and orbits of stars in
binary systems by using this powerful technique.
A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis contains all the
material needed for readers to understand the theory, and avoid the
practical pitfalls of lightcurve photometry. Detailed examples are
given for obtaining data, and of course for the exciting and rewarding
task of analyzing the data to determine the physical properties of the
object.
Any college student or amateur astronomer who wants to go beyond mere
imaging with a CCD camera and enter the challenging world of "real
science" via the lightcurves of asteroids and binary stars will find
everything necessary in this book. - About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Getting Started
Pages 1-5
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Targets of Opportunity
Pages 7-20
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Photometry Fundamentals
Pages 21-26
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The Photometry Primer
Pages 27-46
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Photometric Reductions
Pages 47-76
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis
- Authors
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- Brian Warner
- Copyright
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag New York
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-387-33391-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/0-387-33391-6
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 298
- Number of Illustrations
- 110 b/w illustrations
- Topics
