Astronomical Applications of Astrometry - Ten Years of Exploitation of the Hipparcos Satellite Data

Informationen zum Autor Michael Perryman is chief scientist for the European Space Agency's Hipparcos (1980-97) and Gaia (1997-07) space astrometry missions! and Professor of Astronomy at the University of Leiden! The Netherlands. Klappentext An authoritative account of the contributions to science made by the Hipparcos satellite, for astronomers, astrophysicists and cosmologists. Zusammenfassung This authoritative account of the contributions to science made by the Hipparcos satellite over the last decade is an outstanding reference for astronomers! astrophysicists and cosmologists. It reviews the applications of the data in different areas! and contains a detailed overview of the Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Hipparcos and Tycho catalogues; 2. Derived catalogues and applications; 3. Double and multiple stars; 4. Photometry and variability; 5. Luminosity calibration and distance scale; 6. Open clusters, groups and associations; 7. Stellar structure and evolution; 8. Specific stellar types and the ISM; 9. Structure of the Galaxy; 10. Solar System and exo-planets; Index.

Product details

• Authors: M. A. C. Perryman, Michael Perryman, Michael (Research Scientist Perryman, Perryman Michael
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.12.2008
• EAN: 9780521514897
• ISBN: 978-0-521-51489-7
• No. of pages: 692
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Astronomy, space & time, Astronomy, space and time, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy