A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis (The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series)

Warner, Brian D.

ISBN 10: 3319327496 / ISBN 13: 9783319327495

Editore: Springer, 2016

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• Titolo: A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis (The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series)
• Editore: Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3319327496
• ISBN 13: 9783319327495
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Edizione: seconda edizione
• Condizione: New

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Tools for amateur astronomers who wish to go beyond CCD imaging and step into ‘serious’ science. The text offers techniques for gathering, analyzing, and publishing data, and describes joint projects in which amateurs and students can take part. Readers learn to recognize and avoid common errors in gathering photometry data, with detailed examples for analysis. Includes reviews of available software, with screen shots and useful tips.

Informazioni sull?autore

Brian Warner has been an astronomer for 40 years, and has been honored with the 2006 AAS Chambliss Award for Amateur Achievement, the 2007 RTMC Astronomy Expo Clyde Tombaugh Technology Achievement Award, and ALPO's 2013 Walter H. Haas Award. A member of DPS and on the board of trustees of the SAS, he received a Master of Astronomy degree from James Cook University in 2006. 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.