Textbook on Spherical Astronomy
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This well-established textbook gives a general but comprehensive introduction to positional astronomy. Originally based on the author's lecture courses at Cambridge University, it is intended primarily for undergraduates, but, due to its comprehensive nature, it is a very useful reference text for research workers in many branches of astronomy and space physics. The author considers the night sky as the celestial sphere and powerfully exploits the methods of spherical geometry. Most problems in which the precise determination of a heavenly…
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About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139167574
- Subjects Astrophysics,Physics and Astronomy
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 29 July 1977
- ISBN: 9780521291804
- Dimensions (mm): 216 x 138 mm
- Weight: 0.617kg
- Page extent: 448 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 28 May 2018
- ISBN: 9781139167574
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