Parting the Cosmic Veil
Astronomers have used telescopes, operating at the visible wavelengths that we see with our eye, to reveal the true extent ...
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Precision Spectroscopy in Astrophysics : Proceedings of the ESO/Lisbon/Aveiro Conference held in Aveiro, Portugal, 11–15 September 2006
High-accuracy Doppler shift measurements and high-precision spectroscopy are primary techniques in the search for exo-planets. Further ...
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Real Astronomy with Small Telescopes
Real Astronomy with Small Telescopes tells you everything you’ll need to know about how to get started on "real" astronomy ...
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Recollections of "Tucson Operations"
This book is a personal account of the evolution of millimeter-wave astronomy at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. ...
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Science with Adaptive Optics
The field of Adaptive Optics (AO) for astronomy has matured in recent years, and diffraction-limited image resolution in ...
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Solar-Type Activity in Main-Sequence Stars
Solar-type activity over the whole range of the electromagnetic spectrum is a phenomenon inherent in the majority of low- ...
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Star Clusters and How to Observe Them
Part one of this detailed book provides a comprehensive review of star clusters – including open, globular, extragalactic, ...
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State of the Universe 2008 : New Images, Discoveries, and Events
Provides an annual astronomy review suitable for the popular science level reader to be published every September. The book ...
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Supernovae and How to Observe Them
Supernovae mark the deaths of massive stars or of white dwarfs in binary systems. Even when they occur in galaxies millions ...
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The Complete CD Guide to the Universe
This guide contains descriptions and charts for a total of almost 14,000 objects, and is probably the largest and most comprehensive ...
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The Multinational History of Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory
Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory is quite an interesting place for historians: several changes of nationality between ...
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The Observers Sky Atlas : With 50 Star Charts Covering the Entire Sky
The Observer's Sky Atlas contains star charts and information for all those who observe the night sky with unaided eyes, ...
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The Road to Galaxy Formation
The book discusses the beginnings of the process from cosmological observations and calculations, considers the broad features ...
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The Square Kilometre Array: An Engineering Perspective
This volume is an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the engineering of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a revolutionary ...
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The Universe in X-Rays
In the last 45 years, X-ray astronomy has become an integral part of modern astrophysics and cosmology. There is a wide range ...
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The Urban Astronomers Guide
Given the right techniques, urban astronomers can routinely observe deep-sky objects night after night – something most ...
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Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto and How to Observe Them
This book tells the story of two giants and a dwarf. The giants, Uranus and Neptune, are mostly huge balls of gas, and they ...
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Visual Astronomy Under Dark Skies
Modern astronomical telescopes, along with other advances in technology, have brought the deep sky – star clusters, nebulae ...
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Water on Mars and Life
Growing evidence, based on observations from orbiters, landers and telescopes, indicates that Mars may still have numerous ...
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