TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roth,Günter Dietmar
TI  - Handbook of practical astronomy
SN  - 9783540763772 (hbk.)
AV  - QB64 .H29 2009
U1  - 520 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Berlin
PB  - Springer-Verlag
KW  - Astronomy
KW  - Observers' manuals
N1  - "This book is a completely revised and updated edition of the Compendium of practical astronomy, published in 1994 at Springer-Verlag"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references and index; Why Astronomy (G.D. Roth).- Fundamentals of Spherical Astronomy (M. Gottwald).- Applied Mathematics and the Computer (M. Gottwald).- Optics and Telescopes (B. Weisheit).- Telescope mountings, drives, and electrical equipment (B. Weisheit)- Astrophotography (K.-P. Schröder/H. Luthen).- The nature of light and matter: fundamentals of spectral Astronomy (R. Häfner/G.Rupprecht).- Principles of Photometry (H.W. Duerbeck).- Signals from space: radio astronomy for beginners (M.J. Neumann and Pl Wright) -- Modern Sundials (F. Schmeidler).- Historical Exploration of Modern Astronomy (G.D. Roth).- The Social Astronomer (V. Witt).- Earth and Solar system (K. Reinsch/M. Delfs/E. Junker/P. Volker).- Stars and Stellar systems (K.-P. Schröder/H.W. Duerbeck)
ER  -