Research Catalog

Title

A practical guide to lightcurve photometry and analysis / Brian D. Warner ; foreword by Alan W. Harris.

Author

Warner, Brian.

Publication

New York : Springer, ©2006.

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Details

Description

xiii, 297 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"The Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis provides those with access to even a modest telescope and a CCD camera the background and detailed steps to take part in the scientific study of asteroids and variable stars. Using commercially available equipment, amateur astronomers can determine the rotation rate, size, and shape of asteroids. Similarly, it is possible to discover the size, temperature, and orbits of stars in binary systems by using this powerful technique." "The book contains all the material needed for readers to understand the theory and avoid the practical pitfalls of lightcurve photometry. Detailed examples are given for obtaining data, and, of course, for the exciting and rewarding task of analyzing the data to determine the physical properties of the object."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

• Guide to lightcurve photometry and analysis
• Lightcurve photometry and analysis

Subject

• Astronomical photometry
• Astrofotometrie

Genre/Form

Einführung.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Getting started -- Targets of opportunity -- Photometry fundamentals -- The photometry primer -- Photometric reductions -- Second order extinction -- Telescopes and cameras -- Imaging and photometry software -- Collecting photons -- Analyzing the data -- Period analysis -- Building star systems -- Publishing your data and results -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Appendix A: Constellation names -- Appendix B: Transforms example -- Appendix C: First-order (Hardie) example -- Appendix D: First-order (comp) example -- Appendix E: Standard color indices -- Appendix F: Comparison standard magnitudes -- Appendix G: Target standard magnitudes -- Appendix H: Landolt/Graham standard fields -- Appendix I: Henden charts -- Appendix J: Hipparcos blue-red pairs -- Appendix K: SDSS blue-red pairs -- Index.

ISBN

• 0387293655
• 9780387293653

LCCN

• 2005933716
• 9780387293653

OCLC

• ocm65166525
• 65166525
• SCSB-1389934

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library