Sky is Your Laboratory Advanced Astronomy Projects for Amateurs 1st Edition by Robert Buchheim 0387718222 9780387718224

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ISBN 10: 0387718222

ISBN 13: 9780387718224

Author: Robert K Buchheim

For the experienced amateur astronomer who is wondering if there is something useful, valuable, and permanent that can be done with his or her observational skills, the answer is, “Yes, you can!” This is the book for the experienced amateur astronomer who is ready to take a new step in his or her astronomical journey. Unfortunately, there is no modern text that points curious amateur astronomers to the research possibilities that are open to them. At the 2006 meeting of the Society for Astronomical Sciences, quite a few participants agreed that the lack of such a text was a serious gap in the astronomical book market, and that this gap is impeding their efforts to encourage more amateur astronomers to get involved in research collaborations. This book will fill that gap, and enable more amateur astronomers to add research-type studies to their pursuit of the hobby. Written by an astronomer who is well known amongst the amateur and professional community for the skill and quality of his work, this book describes a wide range of research areas where amateurs are gathering new scientific data that is utilized by professional astronomers. For each research area, the book provides a concise explanation of the purpose and value of the amateurs’ observations, a description of the equipment that is needed, specific observing procedures, complete data reduction instructions, and an explanation of how, and where, to submit results so that they will be available to the professional users.

Sky is Your Laboratory Advanced Astronomy Projects for Amateurs 1st Table of contents:

1. Visual Meteor Counts of Major Meteor Showers
2. Characterization of Minor Meteor Showers
3. Characterizing Sporadic Meteors and Discovering Unrecognized Showers
4. Automating Your Meteor Observations
5. Radio Meteor Monitoring
6. Additional Reading and Resources
7. Lunar Occultation Timing
8. Grazing Lunar Occultations
9. Asteroid Occultation Timing
10. International Occultation Timing Association
11. Additional Reading and Resources
12. Variable Star Observing
13. AAVSO (American Association of Variable Star Observers)
14. General Principles of Aperture Photometry
15. Selection of Comparison Stars (Comp Stars)
16. Software Packages for Photometry
17. Absolute vs. Differential Photometry
18. CCD Photometry of Variable Stars
19. Determining Asteroid Lightcurves
20. Signal, Noise, and Photometric Accuracy
21. Extra-Solar Planet Transits
22. Absolute Photometry on the B-V-R System
23. Asteroid Phase Curves
24. Basic Principles of Astrometry
25. Equipment Needed
26. Making the Observations
27. Reducing and Analyzing Your Results
28. Asteroid Astrometry
29. Binary Stars: Separation and Position Angle
30. Discovery Projects
31. Lunar Meteor Impacts
32. Asteroid Hunting and Discovery
33. Comet Hunting
34. Nova and Supernova Hunting
35. Some Notes on Time
36. Background on Astrometric Concepts
37. The Scientist’s Record Book

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