Computational Spherical AstronomyExamines the data reduction for positional measurements made on stars, planets, artificial satellites by optical means. Covers the sources of the corrections, the available numerical procedures and their accuracy, and illustrates the material through the use of worked problems. A thousand-item glossary gives all the principal phrases used in astronomy. |
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Chapter | 1 |
General Precession and Proper Motion | 21 |
Parallax | 53 |
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12h Jan AENA annual aberration annual parallax apparent magnitude apparent place apparent sidereal approximation ascension and declination astrometry astronomical horizon astronomical latitude astronomical refraction azimuth Besselian solar celestial equator celestial meridian celestial object celestial sphere circle compute coordinate system correction day numbers defined difference diurnal Earth ecliptic effects Ephemeris equator and equinox equatorial coordinates equinox of date error Example fictitious mean Sun formulas fundamental epoch geocentric distance geodetic gravitational Greenwich Greenwich mean heliocentric hour angle instant intersection interval Julian centuries Julian Date longitude mean catalog place mean equator mean place mean solar day measured Moon nutation obliquity observer observer's orbit parallax periastron plane plate model polar position precession proper motion quantity reference ellipsoid reference stars right ascension sec² second-order sidereal day sin² solar system spherical star's stellar tan² telescope topocentric transit tropical values vernal equinox zenith distance