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Fundamentals of astronomy

Author

Barbieri, Cesare, 1942-

Title

Fundamentals of astronomy / C. Barbieri.

Format

Book

Published

Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2007.

Description

366 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

URL

<Publisher description> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0659/2006003157-d.html <Table of contents> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip067/2006003157.html

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-356) and index.

Contents

• 1. Spherical astronomy
• 1.1. Elements of plane trigonometry
• 1.2. Some properties of plane triangles
• 1.3. Elements of spherical trigonometry
• 1.4. Cartesian and polar coordinates
• 1.5. Terrestrial latitude and longitude on the spherical Earth
• 1.6. Elements of vector calculus
• Notes
• Exercises
• 2. Astronomical reference systems
• 2.1. The Alt-Azimuth system
• 2.2. The hour angle and declination system
• 2.3. The equatorial system
• 2.4. The ecliptic system
• 2.5. The galactic system
• Notes
• 3. Transformations of coordinates
• 3.1. Transformations by matrix rotation
• 3.2. Transformations by spherical trigonometry
• 3.3. Some examples and applications
• Exercises
• 4. The movements of the Earth and the astronomical times
• 4.1. The movements of the Earth
• 4.2. The sidereal time (ST)
• 4.3. The solar time and the equation of time
• 4.4. The universal time (UT)
• 4.5. The tropical year and the rates of ST and UT
• 4.6. The year and the Julian calendar
• 4.7. The Besselian year or Annus Fictus
• 4.8. The seasons
• 4.9. The Julian date
• Notes
• Exercises
• 5. The movements of the fundamental planes
• 5.1. First dynamical considerations
• 5.2. The precession of the equinox
• 5.3. The movements of the fundamental planes
• 5.4. First-order effects of the precession on the stellar coordinates
• 5.5. The nutation
• 5.6. Approximate formulae for general precession and nutation
• 5.7. Newcomb's rotation formulae for precession
• 5.8. Precession and position angles
• Notes
• Exercises
• 6. Dynamics of Earth's rotation
• 6.1. Newton's lunisolar precession
• 6.2. The lunisolar torque
• 6.3. The precessional potential
• 6.4. The Earth's free rotation
• 6.5. Recent developments
• Notes
• Exercises
• 7. Aberration of light
• 7.1. The solar aberration
• 7.2. The annual aberration
• 7.3. Lorentz transformations
• 7.4. Effects of annual aberration on the stellar coordinates
• 7.5. The diurnal aberration
• 7.6. Planetary aberration
• 7.7. The gravitational deflection of light
• Notes
• 8. The parallax
• 8.1. The trigonometric parallax
• 8.2. The diurnal parallax
• 8.3. Solar and lunar parallaxes
• 8.4. The annual parallax
• 8.5. Secular and dynamical parallaxes
• Notes
• Exercises

• 9. Radial velocities and proper motions
• 9.1. Radial velocities
• 9.2. Proper motions
• 9.3. Variation of the equatorial coordinates
• 9.4. Interplay between proper motions and precession constants
• 9.5. Astrometric radial velocities
• 9.6. Apex of stellar motions and group parallaxes
• 9.7. The peculiar motion of the Sun
• 9.8. Secular and statistical parallaxes
• 9.9. Differential rotation of the galaxy and Oort's constants
• Notes
• Exercises
• 10. The astronomical times
• 10.1. The sidereal time ST
• 10.2. The solar time T
• 10.3. The year
• 10.3.1. Tropical year
• 10.3.2. Besselian year B, or Annus Fictus
• 10.3.3. Sidereal year
• 10.3.4. Anomalistic year
• 10.3.5. Draconic and Gaussian years
• 10.4. The dynamical time
• 10.5. The atomic time
• Notes
• Exercise
• 11. The terrestrial atmosphere
• 11.1. The vertical structure of the atmosphere
• 11.2. The refraction
• 11.3. Effects of refraction on the apparent coordinates
• 11.4. The chromatic refraction of the atmosphere
• 11.5. Relationships between refraction index, pressure and temperature
• 11.6. Scintillation and seeing
• Notes
• 12. The two-body problem
• 12.1. The barycentric treatment
• 12.2. The gravitational attraction
• 12.3. The relative movement
• 12.4. Planetary masses from Kepler's third law
• 12.5. Escape velocity
• 12.6. Some considerations on artificial satellites
• Notes
• Exercises
• 13. Orbital elements and ephemerides
• 13.1. Kepler's equation
• 13.2. Ephemerides from the orbital elements
• 13.3. Planetary configurations and Titius-Bode law
• 13.4. Orbital Elements from the observations
• 13.5. Application to visual binary stars
• Notes
• 14. Elements of perturbation theories
• 14.1. Perturbations of the planetary movements
• 14.2. Planet plus small moon
• 14.3. Case Earth-Moon
• 14.4. The lunar month and the librations
• 14.5. The case planet plus planet
• 14.6. The restricted circular three-body problem
• 14.7. A nonspherical body plus a small nearby satellite
• 14.8. Other interesting cases
• Notes
• Exercise

• 15. Eclipses and occultations
• 15.1. Moon's phases
• 15.2. Conditions for the occurrence of an eclipse
• 15.3. Solar eclipses
• 15.4. Lunar eclipses
• 15.5. Besselian elements and magnitude of the eclipse
• 15.6. Number and repetitions of eclipses
• 15.7. Stellar occultations
• Notes
• Exercises
• 16. Elements of astronomical photometry
• 16.1. Visual magnitudes
• 16.2. Extension of the definition of magnitude
• 16.2.1. The reflectivity of the optics and transmissivity of filters
• 16.2.2. The efficiency of the detectors
• 16.3. Extinction by the Earth's atmosphere
• 16.4. The black body
• 16.5. Color indices and two-color diagrams
• 16.6. Calibration of the apparent magnitudes in physical units
• 16.7. Apparent diameters and absolute magnitudes of the stars
• 16.8. The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
• 16.9. Interstellar absorption
• 16.10. Extension to the bodies of the Solar System
• 16.11. Radiation quantities
• Notes
• Exercises
• 17. Elements of astronomical spectroscopy
• 17.1. Spectroscopic techniques
• 17.2. The analysis of the spectral lines
• 17.3. Detailed balance and the Boltzmann equation
• 17.4. The Saha equation
• 17.5. Criteria of spectral classification of stars
• 17.6. The Harvard and the MK classification schemes
• 17.7. Low temperature stars
• 17.8. Peculiarities
• 17.9. Relationship between the MK classification and photometric parameters
• Notes.

Subject headings

Astronomy--Textbooks. Astrophysics--Textbooks.

ISBN

0750308869 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780750308861