Astronomical Data Center Bulletin

Astronomical Data Center Bulletin
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Total Pages : 500
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015046046200
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Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Astronomical Data Center Bulletin by : Astronomical Data Center (U.S.)

Sky and Ocean Joined

Sky and Ocean Joined
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 636
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ISBN-10 : 0521815991
ISBN-13 : 9780521815994
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Synopsis Sky and Ocean Joined by : Steven J. Dick

As one of the oldest scientific institutions in the United States, the US Naval Observatory has a rich and colourful history. This volume is, first and foremost, a story of the relations between space, time and navigation, from the rise of the chronometer in the United States to the Global Positioning System of satellites, for which the Naval Observatory provides the time to a billionth of a second per day. It is a story of the history of technology, in the form of telescopes, lenses, detectors, calculators, clocks and computers over 170 years. It describes how one scientific institution under government and military patronage has contributed, through all the vagaries of history, to almost two centuries of unparalleled progress in astronomy. Sky and Ocean Joined will appeal to historians of science, technology, scientific institutions and American science, as well as astronomers, meteorologists and physicists.

Calibration of Fundamental Stellar Quantities

Calibration of Fundamental Stellar Quantities
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 625
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ISBN-10 : 9789400954564
ISBN-13 : 9400954565
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Synopsis Calibration of Fundamental Stellar Quantities by : D.S. Hayes

Proceedings of the 111th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held at Villa Olmo, Como, Italy, May 24-29, 1984

Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac

Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac
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Publisher : University Science Books
Total Pages : 786
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ISBN-10 : 1891389459
ISBN-13 : 9781891389450
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac by : United States Naval Observatory. Nautical Almanac Office

This well-schooled text provides a detailed description of how to perform practical astronomy or spherical astronomy. It is an authoritative source on astronomical phenomena and calendars.