Fundamentals of Astronometry

Jean Kovalevsky, Kenneth Seidelmann

404 pages, parution le 14/06/2004

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Astrometry encompasses all that is necessary to provide the positions and motions of celestial bodies. This includes observational techniques, instrumentation, processing and analysis of observational data, reference systems and frames, and the resulting astronomical phenomena. Astrometry is fundamental to all other fields of astronomy, from the pointing of telescopes, to navigation and guidance systems, to distance and motion determinations for astrophysics. In the last few decades, new observational techniques have enabled improvements in accuracy by orders of magnitude. Starting from basic principles, this book provides the fundamentals for this new astrometry at milli- and micro-arcsecond accuracies. Topics include: basics of general relativity; coordinate systems; vectors, tensors, quaternions, and observational uncertainties; determination and use of the celestial and terrestrial reference systems and frames; applications of new observational techniques; present and future star catalogues and double star astrometry. This comprehensive reference will be invaluable for graduate students and research astronomers.

L'auteur - Jean Kovalevsky

Jean Kovalevsky is an associate(retired) astronomer of the centre et de recherch d'Etudes Géodynamiques et Astronomiques (CERGA), at the Obsrvatoire de la Côte d'Azur, France.

L'auteur - Kenneth Seidelmann

Kenneth Seidelmann : Research professor in the department of astronomy, university of Virginia

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Introduction
New observational Techniques
Basic principles and coordinate systems
Treatment of astronomical data
Principles of relativity
Apparent displacements of celestial objects
Extragalactic reference frame
Dynamical reference frame
Terrestrial coordinate systems
Earth orientation
Stars
Double and multiple star systems
Astronomical phenomena
Applications to observations

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Jean Kovalevsky, Kenneth Seidelmann
Parution	14/06/2004
Nb. de pages	404
Format	18 x 25
Couverture	Relié
Poids	990g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521642163
ISBN13	978-0-521-64216-3