Measurement of Starlight - Two Centuries of Astronomical Photometry

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

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• Authors: J. B. Hearnshaw, J. B. (University of Canterbury Hearnshaw, J.b. Hearnshaw
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.08.2005
• EAN: 9780521018289
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01828-9
• No. of pages: 528
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous