Building and Using Binoscopes [[electronic resource] /] / by Norman Butler |
Autore | Butler Norman |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
Disciplina | 522.2 |
Collana | The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series |
Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astronomy Lasers Photonics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Popular Science in Astronomy Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices |
ISBN | 3-319-07689-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Why Binoscopes?- Optical Designs -- Binoculars Are Binoscopes.- RTMC Riverside Telescope Makers Conference -- Homemade Binoscopes -- One-Of-A-Kind -- Odds and Ends -- Equatorial Drive Platforms -- Equatorial vs. Altazimuth -- Binoculars Of-The-Third-Kind.- Astronomical Formulae -- Glossary -- Index. |
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Butler Norman | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
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A Buyer's and User's Guide to Astronomical Telescopes and Binoculars [[electronic resource] /] / by James Mullaney |
Autore | Mullaney James |
Edizione | [2nd ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina | 522.2 |
Collana | The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series |
Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astronomy Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Popular Science in Astronomy |
ISBN | 1-4614-8733-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I Buying Astronomical Telescopes & Binoculars -- Introduction -- Binoculars -- Telescope Basics -- Refracting Telescopes -- Reflecting Telescopes -- Catadioptric Telescopes -- Accessories -- Astroimaging -- Binocular Sources -- Telescope Sources -- Part II Using Astronomical Telescopes and Binoculars -- Observing the Techniques -- Observing Programs -- Conclusion -- Pro-Am Collaboration. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300394103321 |
Mullaney James | ||
New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
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Capire l’Universo [[electronic resource] ] : L'appassionante avventura della cosmologia / / by Corrado Lamberti |
Autore | Lamberti Corrado |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2011.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : , : Springer Milan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (223 p.) |
Disciplina | 523.1 |
Collana | Le Stelle |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Astrophysics Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology Astronomy, Observations and Techniques |
ISBN | 88-470-1968-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Prefazione di Margherita Hack; Prefazione; Prologo; Table of Contents; 1 I precursori; Ammaliato dall'armonia; Caroline; La struttura dei cieli; La parallasse stellare; Una vecchia idea di Galileo; Carotaggi galattici; Non solo stelle; Nebulae; Nasce la cosmologia; 2 Il problema della distanza; La nascita dell'astrofisica; Distanze e velocità; La Via Lattea di Kapteyn; Un metro per la Via Lattea; Le Cefeidi di Henrietta; 3 Gli anni del Grande Dibattito; Un refuso fa piccola la Galassia; Shapley e le Cefeidi; La Galassia di Shapley: enorme, con il Sole in periferia
La Galassia di Curtis: piccola, con il Sole al centroUn confronto duro, ma leale; Le argomentazioni di due campioni; Entrambi in errore, entrambi vincitori; 4 La scoperta dell'Universo in espansione; Edwin Hubble, un leader nato; Folgorato da Slipher; Cefeidi nella nebulosa d'Andromeda; La lettera che distrusse l'Universo di Shapley; La classificazione morfologica delle "nebulose extragalattiche"; I lavori pionieristici di Vesto Slipher; La legge di Hubble; Dar fondo alle risorse empiriche; 5 Modelli cosmologici relativistici; Con gli occhi della mente; Il metodo dell'astronomo Il Principio CosmologicoUna legge sola; Lo spazio ha una forma?; L'Universo della Relatività Generale; Gli ingredienti del modello; L'Universo di Einstein e la costante cosmologica; 6 Modelli d'Universo; I modelli FRW; Il fattore di scala; Ferme, eppure in moto; Tante distanze, tutte diverse; Come interpretare il redshift?; Orizzonti; L'equazione di Friedmann; I parametri di densità e di decelerazione; 7 Big Bang; Un nomignolo sarcastico; La radiazione cosmica di fondo; Il termometro dell'Universo; L'era radiativa; Il modello standard delle particelle elementari; L'unificazione delle forze 8 L'Universo dei primordi e l'inflazioneL'era di Planck; I problemi che l'inflazione risolve; Una provvidenziale asimmetria; La nucleosintesi primordiale; Libertà per i fotoni!; Omogeneo, ma non troppo; Germi oscuri; L'origine delle fluttuazioni; 9 Cosmologia di precisione; Eredi di Hubble; Le SN Ia e l'espansione accelerata; Armonie cosmiche; I picchi acustici; L'enigma dell'energia oscura; L'energia oscura nella storia dell'Universo; Una nuova fisica?; Epilogo; Costanti fisiche e grandezze astronomiche; Indice |
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Lamberti Corrado | ||
Milano : , : Springer Milan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2011 | ||
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Cartography of the Sun and the Stars [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jean-Pierre Rozelot, Coralie Neiner |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 206 p. 78 illus., 48 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 523.01 |
Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
Soggetto topico |
Astrophysics
Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics and Astroparticles Astronomy, Observations and Techniques |
ISBN | 3-319-24151-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Reconstructing images in astrophysics, an inverse problem point of view -- Reconstruction of the solar subsurface through helioseismology with SDO -- Imaging surface spots from space-borne photometry -- Reconstruction of Thermal and Magnetic Field Structure of the Solar Subsurface through Helioseismology -- Physical processes leading to surface inhomogeneities: the case of rotation -- Interferometry to determine stellar shapes: application to Achernar -- Interferometry to image surface spots -- Interferometric Surface Mapping of RapidlyRotating Stars. - Application to the Be star Achernar -- Doppler and Zeeman Doppler Imaging of Stars. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136809403321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
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Cartography of the Sun and the Stars [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jean-Pierre Rozelot, Coralie Neiner |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 206 p. 78 illus., 48 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 523.01 |
Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
Soggetto topico |
Astrophysics
Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics and Astroparticles Astronomy, Observations and Techniques |
ISBN | 3-319-24151-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Reconstructing images in astrophysics, an inverse problem point of view -- Reconstruction of the solar subsurface through helioseismology with SDO -- Imaging surface spots from space-borne photometry -- Reconstruction of Thermal and Magnetic Field Structure of the Solar Subsurface through Helioseismology -- Physical processes leading to surface inhomogeneities: the case of rotation -- Interferometry to determine stellar shapes: application to Achernar -- Interferometry to image surface spots -- Interferometric Surface Mapping of RapidlyRotating Stars. - Application to the Be star Achernar -- Doppler and Zeeman Doppler Imaging of Stars. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996466814103316 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
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The Cassini-Huygens Visit to Saturn [[electronic resource] ] : An Historic Mission to the Ringed Planet / / by Michael Meltzer |
Autore | Meltzer Michael |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (420 p.) |
Disciplina |
520
523.4 620 629.1 |
Collana | Space Exploration |
Soggetto topico |
Aerospace engineering
Astronautics Astronomy Planetology Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Aerospace Technology and Astronautics Popular Science in Astronomy Astronomy, Observations and Techniques |
ISBN | 3-319-07608-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: Creating a New Expedition to Saturn -- Conceiving and Funding the Mission -- Building an International Partnership and Preventing Mission Cancellation -- Part II: Designing, Fabricating, and Integrating the Cassini-Huygens Space Vessel -- Constructing the Cassini Orbiter -- The Titan Huygens Probe -- Integrating the Cassini Orbiter, Huygens Probe, and Titan/Centaur Launch Vehicle -- Using Plutonium to Run a Spacecraft -- Part III: From Earth to Saturn -- The Interplanetary Journey -- How a Few People Can Make a Big Difference: The Doppler Shift Problem That Nearly Ended the Huygens Mission -- The Huygens Titan Probe Mission -- The Saturn Tour: Decision-Making Processes, Trajectory Design, and Changes of Management -- Part IV: A Great Natural Laboratory -- The Mother Planet and its Magnetosphere -- The Ring System -- The Icy Moons -- Titan Observations by the Cassini Orbiter -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Breakdown of Mission Costs. |
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Meltzer Michael | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
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Celestial Messengers [[electronic resource] ] : Cosmic Rays: The Story of a Scientific Adventure / / by Mario Bertolotti |
Autore | Bertolotti Mario |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina | 535 |
Collana | Astronomers' Universe |
Soggetto topico |
Physics
Nuclear physics Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Popular works History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics Particle and Nuclear Physics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Popular Science, general |
ISBN | 3-642-28371-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prehistory - The electron, the proton and X-rays -- Prehistory - Radioactivity -- Cosmic rays - The antefacts -- The discovery - Victor F. Hess and the balloon flights -- The confirmation - Robert Millikan and the “birth cry” of the borning atoms -- A turning point - Things are not as they look -- The earth magnetic field and the geomagnetic effects -- The positive electron -- The electromagnetic showers -- The muon -- The discovery of the π-meson, nuclear emulsions and the first “strange” particles -- The extended showers -- Nuclear stars -- The neutrino: elusive and capricious particles able to come from very far away -- What are the primary cosmic rays? -- The origin of cosmic rays -- X- and gamma rays from space. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910438113803321 |
Bertolotti Mario | ||
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 | ||
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Celestial Sleuth [[electronic resource] ] : Using Astronomy to Solve Mysteries in Art, History and Literature / / by Donald W. Olson |
Autore | Olson Donald W |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
Disciplina | 520 |
Collana | Popular Astronomy |
Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astronomy Arts Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Popular Science in Astronomy |
Soggetto genere / forma | History |
ISBN | 1-4614-8403-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I Astronomy in Art -- Van Gogh’s Lost Night Sky -- Van Gogh’s “Moonrise (Wheat Stacks) -- Van Gogh’s Starry Nights -- Edvard Munch and the Blood-Red Sky of “The Scream” -- Edvard Munch’s “Girls on the Pier” -- Edvard Munch’s Starry Nights -- Monet in London -- Monet’s “Impression, Sunrise” -- The Moonrise Photographs of Ansel Adams -- Canaletto’s Night Festival Paintings of Venice -- The Night Skies of J. M. W. Turner -- Part II Astronomy in History -- The Moon and the Marathon -- Julius Caesar’s Invasion of Britiain -- The Boston Tea Party -- Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride -- Lincoln and the Almanac Trial -- Lincoln and the Leonids -- Stonewall Jackson’s Fatal Full Moon -- John Muir and Moonbows -- World War II – Pearl Harbor and the Waning Moon -- World War II: The Tide at Tarawa -- World War II: D-Day in Normandy -- World War II: “I’ll Met by Moonligh” – The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis -- What’s a Blue Moon -- Did the Moon Sink the Titanic? -- Part III Astronomy in Literature -- Chaucer – Moon, Tides, and “The Franklin’s Tale” -- Chaucer – Lunar Motion in “The Merchant’s Tale” -- Identifying a Meteor in James Joyce’s “Ulysses” -- William Blake’s “The Tiger” -- False Dawn in the “Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam”. |
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Olson Donald W | ||
New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
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Central Activity in Galaxies [[electronic resource] ] : From Observational Data to Astrophysical Diagnostics / / edited by Aage Sandqvist, Thomas P. Ray |
Edizione | [1st ed. 1993.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 240 p. 27 illus.) |
Disciplina | 523.1/12/028 |
Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Geophysics Elementary particles (Physics) Quantum field theory Atoms Physics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles Geophysics/Geodesy Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics |
ISBN | 3-540-47542-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The galactic centre -- Activity in galactic nuclei -- Observations and their implications for the inner parsec of AGN -- Infrared activity of galaxies -- Radio galaxies and jets -- Methods in astronomical image processing with special applications to the reduction of CCD data -- Multivariate methods for data analysis -- Multivariate methods for data analysis -- Multivariate methods for data analysis. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910257432503321 |
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1993 | ||
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Central Activity in Galaxies [[electronic resource] ] : From Observational Data to Astrophysical Diagnostics / / edited by Aage Sandqvist, Thomas P. Ray |
Edizione | [1st ed. 1993.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 240 p. 27 illus.) |
Disciplina | 523.1/12/028 |
Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Geophysics Elementary particles (Physics) Quantum field theory Atoms Physics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles Geophysics/Geodesy Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics |
ISBN | 3-540-47542-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The galactic centre -- Activity in galactic nuclei -- Observations and their implications for the inner parsec of AGN -- Infrared activity of galaxies -- Radio galaxies and jets -- Methods in astronomical image processing with special applications to the reduction of CCD data -- Multivariate methods for data analysis -- Multivariate methods for data analysis -- Multivariate methods for data analysis. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996466725603316 |
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1993 | ||
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