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E-grāmata: Practical Guide to Observational Astronomy [Taylor & Francis e-book]

  • Formāts: 174 pages, 13 Tables, black and white; 8 Line drawings, color; 47 Line drawings, black and white; 6 Halftones, color; 2 Halftones, black and white; 14 Illustrations, color; 49 Illustrations, black and white
  • Izdošanas datums: 21-Sep-2021
  • Izdevniecība: CRC Press
  • ISBN-13: 9781003203919
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  • Formāts: 174 pages, 13 Tables, black and white; 8 Line drawings, color; 47 Line drawings, black and white; 6 Halftones, color; 2 Halftones, black and white; 14 Illustrations, color; 49 Illustrations, black and white
  • Izdošanas datums: 21-Sep-2021
  • Izdevniecība: CRC Press
  • ISBN-13: 9781003203919
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"A Practical Guide to Observational Astronomy provides a practical and accessible introduction to the ideas and concepts that are essential to making and analyzing astronomical observations. A key emphasis of the book is on how modern astronomy would be impossible without the extensive use of computers, both for the control of astronomical instruments and the subsequent data analysis. Astronomers now need to use software to access and assess the data they produce, so understanding how to use computers tocontrol equipment and analyze data is as crucial to modern astronomers as a telescope. Therefore, this book contains an array of practical problems for readers to test their knowledge, in addition to a wealth of examples and tutorials using Python on theauthor's website, where readers can download and create image processing scripts. This is an excellent study guide or textbook for an observational astronomy course for advanced undergraduate and graduate astronomy and physics students familiar with writing and running simple Python scripts. Key features Contains the latest developments and technologies from astronomical observatories and telescope facilities on the ground and in space Accompanied by a companion website with examples, tutorials, Python scripts and resources Authored by an observational astronomer with over thirty years of observing and teaching experience"--

A Practical Guide to Observational Astronomy provides a practical and accessible introduction to the ideas and concepts that are essential to making and analyzing astronomical observations.

A key emphasis of the book is on how modern astronomy would be impossible without the extensive use of computers, both for the control of astronomical instruments and the subsequent data analysis. Astronomers now need to use software to access and assess the data they produce, so understanding how to use computers to control equipment and analyze data is as crucial to modern astronomers as a telescope.

Therefore, this book contains an array of practical problems for readers to test their knowledge, in addition to a wealth of examples and tutorials using Python on the author’s website, where readers can download and create image processing scripts.

This is an excellent study guide or textbook for an observational astronomy course for advanced undergraduate and graduate astronomy and physics students familiar with writing and running simple Python scripts.

Key features

  • Contains the latest developments and technologies from astronomical observatories and telescope facilities on the ground and in space

  • Accompanied by a companion website with examples, tutorials, Python scripts and resources

    • Authored by an observational astronomer with over thirty years of observing and teaching experience

    • Preface xi
    Chapter 1 Astronomical Coordinates and Time
    		1(28)
    1.1 Horizon Coordinates
    		2(2)
    1.2 Equatorial Coordinates
    		4(12)
    1.3 Telescope Mounts
    		16(3)
    1.4 Other Coordinate Systems
    		19(3)
    1.5 Time In Astronomy
    		22(7)
    Chapter 2 Optics And Telescopes
    		29(28)
    2.1 Geometric Optics
    		29(15)
    2.2 Image Scale
    		44(3)
    2.3 Resolution
    		47(3)
    2.4 Telescope Optical Designs
    		50(7)
    Chapter 3 Measuring Light
    		57(18)
    3.1 From The Stars To Our Detector
    		57(4)
    3.2 The Magnitude System
    		61(5)
    3.3 Measuring Magnitudes
    		66(3)
    3.4 Estimating Exposure Times
    		69(6)
    Chapter 4 Charge-Coupled Devices
    		75(14)
    4.1 Light Detection
    		76(1)
    4.2 CCD Readout
    		77(8)
    4.3 Dark Current
    		85(1)
    4.4 Quantum Efficiency
    		86(1)
    4.5 Example CCD Cameras
    		86(3)
    Chapter 5 Image Processing
    		89(18)
    5.1 Displaying Images
    		89(5)
    5.2 Image Arithmetic
    		94(1)
    5.3 CCD Data Correction
    		95(8)
    5.4 Combining Images
    		103(4)
    Chapter 6 Photometry
    		107(54)
    6.1 Standard Photometric Systems
    		107(4)
    6.2 Photometric Data Reduction
    		111(7)
    6.3 Differential Photometry
    		118(2)
    6.4 Absolute Photometry
    		120(41)
    Appendix A Spherical Trigonometry
    		129(2)
    Appendix B Data Analysis
    		131(1)
    B.1 What Is Uncertainty?
    		131(1)
    B.2 Reporting Uncertainties
    		132(2)
    B.3 Estimating Uncertainties
    		134(1)
    B.4 Systematic Versus Random Errors
    		134(1)
    B.5 Statistical Analysis Of Random Errors
    		135(4)
    B.6 Probability Distributions
    		139(8)
    B.7 Propagation Of Uncertainty
    		147(4)
    Appendix C Fitting And Graphical Representation Of Data
    		151(1)
    C.1 "A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words"
    		151(3)
    C.2 Data Fitting
    		154(1)
    C.3 Linear Fitting
    		155(6)
    Bibliography 161
    Professor Burns earned his BA in physics at UC San Diego in 1979. He began graduate work at UC Berkeley in 1979 where he worked on an automated search for nearby supernovae. After after being awarded a Ph.D. in 1985, Professor Burns became a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wyoming. He spent the summer of 1988 as a visiting scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab where he helped found the Supernova Cosmology Project (SCP). He continued to work as a member of the SCP group while a faculty member at Harvey Mudd College, the US Air Force Academy, and Colorado College. The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to the leader of the SCP for the group's "discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae." During his career Professor Burns has observed using essentially all of the worlds great observatories including the Keck Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope.
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