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Beschreibung
A well-illustrated historical survey of the science of measuring the brightness and colours of stars for professional astronomers, amateur astronomers and historians of science.
A well-illustrated historical survey of the science of measuring the brightness and colours of stars for professional astronomers, amateur astronomers and historians of science.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; 1. Early stellar magnitudes; 2. Visual estimates of stellar magnitudes and colour; 3. Visual photometry; 4. Photographic photometry, 1839-1922; 5. The origins of photoelectric photometry; 6. Photometry at longer wavelengths; 7. Photographic photometry from 1922; 8. Photometry and the birth of astrophysics; 9. Photoelectric photometry with the photomultiplier tube; 10. Photometry with electronic area detectors; Sources of illustrations; Index of names; Index of star names; Index of subjects.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Genre: Importe, Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780521018289
ISBN-10: 0521018285
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hearnshaw, J. B.
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: J. B. Hearnshaw
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.05.2005
Gewicht: 0,793 kg
Artikel-ID: 102282081