A Compendium Of Spherical Astronomy: With Its Applications To The Determination And Reduction Of Positions Of The Fixed Stars (1906) - Softcover
Inhaltsangabe
A Compendium Of Spherical Astronomy: With Its Applications To The Determination And Reduction Of Positions Of The Fixed Stars (1906) is a comprehensive guide to the study of spherical astronomy written by Simon Newcomb. This book is an essential resource for astronomers and astrophysicists who are interested in the study of the positions of fixed stars. The book is divided into several sections, each of which covers a specific aspect of spherical astronomy. The first section of the book provides an introduction to the principles of spherical astronomy, including the celestial sphere, the equator, and the ecliptic. The second section of the book focuses on the determination of the positions of fixed stars, including the use of star catalogs and the computation of star positions. The third section of the book is devoted to the reduction of star positions, including the correction of aberration and precession. The final section of the book covers the applications of spherical astronomy, including the determination of the positions of planets and the prediction of eclipses. Overall, A Compendium Of Spherical Astronomy: With Its Applications To The Determination And Reduction Of Positions Of The Fixed Stars (1906) is an important reference book for anyone interested in the study of astronomy and astrophysics.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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The present volume is the first of a projected series having the double purpose of developing the elements of Practical and Theoretical Astronomy for the special student of the subject, and of serving as a handbook of convenient reference for the use of the working astronomer in applying methods and formulae. The plan of the series has been suggested by the authors experience as a teacher at the Johns Hopkins University, and as an investigator. The first has led him to the view that the wants of the student are best subserved by a quite elementary and condensed treatment of the subject, without any attempt to go far into details not admitting of immediate practical application. As an investigator he has frequently been impressed with the amount of time consumed in searching for the formulae and data, even of an elementary kind, which should be, in each case, best adapted to the work in hand. The most urgent want which the work is intended to supply is that of improved methods of deriving and reducing the positions and proper motions of the fixed stars. Modifications of the older methods are made necessary by the long period, 150 years, through which positions of the stars now have to be reduced, and by the extension of astrometrical and statistical researches to a great and constantly increasing number of telescopic stars.
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