Practical astronomy with your calculator /

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Hoofdauteur: Duffett-Smith, Peter
Formaat: Boek
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988.
Editie:3rd ed.
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245 1 0 |a Practical astronomy with your calculator /  |c Peter Duffett-Smith. 
250 |a 3rd ed. 
260 |a Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ;  |a New York :  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c 1988. 
300 |a xiii, 185 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
500 |a Includes index. 
505 0 0 |a Machine derived contents note: Preface to the third edition -- About this book and how to use it -- Part I. Time: 1. Calendars -- 2. The date of Easter -- 3. Converting the date to the day number -- 4. Julian day numbers -- 5. Converting the Julian day number to the calendar date -- 6. Finding the day of the week -- 7. Converting hours, minutes and seconds to decimal hours -- 8. Converting decimal hours to hours, minutes and seconds -- 9. Converting the local time to UT -- 10. Converting UT to local civil time -- 11. Sidereal time (ST) -- 12. Conversion of UT to GST -- 13. Conversion of GST to UT -- 14. Local sidereal time (LST) -- 15. Converting LST to GST -- 16. Ephemeris time (ET) and terrestrial dynamic time -- Part II. Coordinate Systems: 17. Horizon coordinates -- 18. Equatorial coordinates -- 19. Ecliptic coordinates -- 20. Galactic coordinates -- 21. Converting between decimal degrees and degrees, minutes and seconds --  
505 0 0 |a 22. Converting between angles expressed in degrees and angles expressed in hours -- 23. Converting between one coordinate system and another -- 24. Converting between right ascension and hour-angles -- 25. Equatorial to horizon coordinate conversion -- 26. Horizon to equatorial coordinate conversion -- 27. Ecliptic to equatorial coordinate conversion -- 28. Equatorial to ecliptic coordinate conversion -- 29. Equatorial to galactic coordinate conversion -- 30. Galactic to equatorial coordinate conversion -- 31. Generalised coordinate transformations -- 32. The angle between two celestial objects -- 33. Rising and setting -- 34. Precession -- 35. Nutation -- 36. Aberration -- 37. Refraction -- 38. Geocentric parallax and the figure of the Earth -- 39. Calculating corrections for parallax -- 40. Heliographic coordinates -- 41. Carrington rotation numbers -- 42. Selenographic coordinates -- 43. Atmospheric extinction -- Part III. The Sun: 44. Orbits -- 45. The apparent orbit of the Sun --  
505 0 0 |a 46. Calculating the position of the Sun -- 47. Calculating orbits more precisely -- 48. Calculating the Sun's distance and angular size -- 49. Sunrise and sunset -- 50. Twilight -- 51. The equation of time -- 52. Solar elongations -- Part IV. The Planets, Comets and Binary Stars: 53. The planetary orbits -- 54. Calculating the coordinates of a planet -- 55. Finding the approximate positions of the planets -- 56. Perturbations in a planet's orbit -- 57. The distance, light-travel time and angular size of a planet -- 58. The phases of the planets -- 59. The position-angle of the bright limb -- 60. The apparent brightness of a planet -- 61. Comets -- 62. Parabolic orbits -- 63. Binary-star orbits -- Part V. The Moon and Eclipses: 64. The Moon's orbit -- 65. Calculating the Moon's position -- 66. The Moon's hourly motions -- 67. The phases of the moon -- 68. The position-angle of the Moon's bright limb -- 69. The Moon's distance, angular size and horizontal parallax -- 70. Eclipses --  
505 0 0 |a 72. The 'rules' of eclipses -- 73. Calculating a lunar eclipse -- 74. Calculating a solar eclipse -- 75. The Astronomical calendar -- Glossary of terms -- Symbols and abbreviations -- Index. 
650 0 |a Astronomy  |x Mathematics. 
650 0 |a Time  |x Systems and standards  |x Problems, exercises, etc. 
650 0 |a Spherical astronomy  |x Problems, exercises, etc. 
650 0 |a Astronomy  |x Problems, exercises, etc. 
650 0 |a Calculators. 
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