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The 100 Best Targets for Astrophotography
Springer 2009; US$ 27.99Reveals, for each month of the year, the choicest celestial treasures within the reach of a commercial CCD camera. This book includes hints and advice on framing, exposures, and filters. It focuses on what northern latitude objects to image at any given time of the year to get the most spectacular results. more...
Ancient Astronomical Observations and the Study of the Moons Motion (1691-1757)
Springer 2012; US$ 99.99The discovery of a gradual acceleration in the moon's mean motion by Edmond Halley in the last decade of the seventeenth century led to a revival of interest in reports of astronomical observations from antiquity. These observations provided the only means to study the moon's 'secular acceleration', as this newly-discovered acceleration... more...
Ancient Astronomy
ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 85.00Long before astronomy was a science, humans used the stars to mark time, navigate, organize planting and dramatize myths. This encyclopaedia draws on archaeological evidence and oral traditions to reveal how prehistoric humans perceived the skies and celestial phenomena. more...
Astronomical Photometry
Springer 2011; US$ 99.99This book will bring together experts in the field of astronomical photometry to discuss how their subfields provide the precision and accuracy in astronomical energy flux measurements that are needed to permit tests of astrophysical theories. Differential photometers and photometry, improvements in infrared precision, the improvements in precision... more...
Astronomically Speaking
CRC Press 2003; US$ 59.95This compilation of published quotations on astronomy is designed to be entertaining and informative. The purpose of the book is to present quotations so that the reader can get a feel for the depth and breadth of astronomy. more...
Astronomy Through The Ages
CRC Press 1997; US$ 49.95From an historical perspective, this text presents an entirely non-mathematical introduction to astronomy from the first endeavours of the ancients to the current developments in research enabled by cutting edge technological advances. more...
Astrostatistical Challenges for the New Astronomy
Springer 2012; US$ 84.99Astrostatistical Challenges for the New Astronomy presents a collection of monographs authored by several of the disciplines leading astrostatisticians, i.e. by researchers from the fields of statistics and astronomy-astrophysics, who work in the statistical analysis of astronomical and cosmological data. Eight of the ten monographs are enhancements... more...
Atmosphere and Climate
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2006; US$ 189.99Presents edited and peer-reviewed papers from the 2nd International Workshop on Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate (OPAC-2), held in Graz, Austria. This book provides a comprehensive insight and a key reference about the status and future of the field of occultations for probing atmosphere and climate. more...
Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts
Springer 2012; US$ 119.99









