Practical Work in Elementary Astronomy

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 The Stars around the North Pole
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   Chapter 2 Some Autumn Constellations
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   Chapter 3 Spherical Triangles
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   Chapter 4 Sun-Dials
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   Chapter 5 The Daily Rotation of the Earth
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   Chapter 6 Conversion of Time
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   Chapter 7 Simple Measurements with an Altimeter
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   Chapter 8 Eccentricity of Graduated Circles (L)
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    Chapter 9 The Adjustment of a Telescope
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    Chapter 10 To Point the Telescope to a Star
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    Chapter 11 Fundamental Measurements with the Meridian Circle
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    Chapter 12 Reduction to the Meridian
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    Chapter 13 The Sextant
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    Chapter 14 Finding your Position at Sea
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    Chapter 15 Parallax as a Measure for Stellar Distances
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    Chapter 16 Precession, Aberration, Nutation
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    Chapter 17 The Measurement of Astrographic Plates
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    Chapter 18 To Grind a Telescope Mirror
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    Chapter 19 Optics of a Small Telescope
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    Chapter 20 The Orbit of the Moon
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    Chapter 21 The Orbit of the Moon from Ephemeris Data
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    Chapter 22 Lunar Eclipses
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    Chapter 23 The Position of the Planets in their Orbits
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    Chapter 24 The Orbit of Mars, as Determined by Kepler
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    Chapter 25 Geocentric Coordinates of a Planet
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    Chapter 26 The Three-Body Problem
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    Chapter 27 The Orbit of a Meteor
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    Chapter 28 Passage of an Artificial Satellite
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    Chapter 29 Topography of the Moon
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    Chapter 30 The Shape of Lunar Craters
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    Chapter 31 Photographic Photometry of the Moon
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    Chapter 32 Observation of Planets through a Telescope
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    Chapter 33 The Albedo of Venus
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    Chapter 34 The Rotation of Saturn
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    Chapter 35 The Size of the Sun (S)
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    Chapter 36 The Solar Constant (S)
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    Chapter 37 The Brightness Distribution Over the Sun’s Disc (L)
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    Chapter 38 The Solar Spectrum (L)
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    Chapter 39 Profiles of Fraunhofer Lines (L)
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    Chapter 40 Profiles of Fraunhofer Lines (L)
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    Chapter 41 Equivalent Width of Fraunhofer Lines (L)
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    Chapter 42 The Curve of Growth (L)
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    Chapter 43 Sunspots (S)
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    Chapter 44 The Rotation of the Sun (L)
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    Chapter 45 The Solar Cycle (L)
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    Chapter 46 The Convection Cells of Bénard (L)
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    Chapter 47 The Shape of the Corona (L)
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    Chapter 48 Radio Bursts after a Solar Flare (L)
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    Chapter 49 To Draw a Constellation (S)
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    Chapter 50 The Apparent Magnitudes of the Stars (S)
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    Chapter 51 The Diameter of Stellar Images as a Measure for the Brightness (L) (Structure of a Stellar Image)
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    Chapter 52 Photoelectric Photometry of Stellar Images (L)
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    Chapter 53 The Atmospheric Extinction (S)
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    Chapter 54 Stellar Spectra (L)
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    Chapter 55 The Colours of the Stars (L)
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    Chapter 56 The UBV Photometric System (L)
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    Chapter 57 Interstellar Extinction (L)
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    Chapter 58 The Nearest Stars (L)
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    Chapter 59 The Motion of the Hyades (L)
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    Chapter 60 The Mean Light Curve of a Cepheid (L)
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    Chapter 61 The Observation of Double Stars (S)
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    Chapter 62 The Orbit of a Visual Binary (L)
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    Chapter 63 The Dynamical Parallax of Binaries (L)
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    Chapter 64 The Orbit of a Spectroscopic Binary (L)
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    Chapter 65 The Orbit of an Eclipsing Variable (L)
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    Chapter 66 The Observation of Star Clusters and Nebulae (S)
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    Chapter 67 Open Clusters (L)
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    Chapter 68 The Distribution of the Stars in a Globular Cluster (L)
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    Chapter 69 Cluster Variables in a Globular Cluster (L)
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    Chapter 70 The Apex of the Solar Motion (L)
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    Chapter 71 Preferential Directions in the Stellar Motions
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    Chapter 72 Dark Nebulae (L)
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    Chapter 73 The Milky Way (S)
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    Chapter 74 The Spiral Structure of the Galactic Clouds, Derived from 21 cm Measurements (L)