Practical Work in Elementary Astronomy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• A. The Planetary System.
• Space and Time, Instruments.
• A1. The Stars around the North Pole.
• A2. Some Autumn Constellations.
• A3. Spherical Triangles.
• A4. Sun-Dials.
• A5. The Daily Rotation of the Earth.
• A6. Conversion of Time.
• A7. Simple Measurements with an Altimeter.
• A8. Eccentricity of Graduated Circles.
• A9. The Adjustment of a Telescope.
• A10. To point the Telescope to a Star.
• A11. Fundamental Measurements with the Meridian Circle.
• A12. Reduction to the Meridian.
• A13. The Sextant.
• A14. Finding your Position at Sea.
• A15. Parallax as a Measure for Stellar Distances.
• A16. Precession, Aberration, Nutation.
• A17. The Measurement of Astrographic Plates.
• A18. To grind a Telescope Mirror.
• A19. Optics of a Small Telescope.
• The Motions of Celestial Bodies.
• A20. The Orbit of the Moon.
• A21. The Orbit of the Moon from Ephemeris Data.
• A22. Lunar Eclipses.
• A23. The Position of the Planets in their Orbits.
• A24. The Orbit of Mars, as determined by Kepler.
• A25. Geocentric Coordinates of a Planet.
• A26. The Three-Body Problem.
• A27. The Orbit of a Meteor.
• A28. Passage of an Artificial Satellite.
• Planets and Satellites.
• A29. Topography of the Moon.
• A30. The Shape of Lunar Craters.
• A31. Photographic Photometry of the Moon.
• A32. Observation of Planets through a Telescope.
• A33. The Albedo of Venus.
• A34. The Rotation of Saturn.
• B. The Stars.
• The Sun.
• B1. The Size of the Sun.
• B2. The Solar Constant.
• B3. The Brightness Distribution over the Sun’s Disc.
• B4. The Solar Spectrum.
• B5. Profiles of Fraunhofer Lines.
• B6. Profiles of Fraunhofer Lines (Correction and Interpretation).
• B7. Equivalent Width of Fraunhofer Lines.
• B8. The Curve of Growth.
• B9. Sunspots.
• B10. The Rotation of the Sun.
• B11. The Solar Cycle.
• B12. The Convection Cells of Bénard.
• B13. The Shape of the Corona.
• B14. Radio Bursts after a Solar Flare.
• The Stars.
• B15. To draw a Constellation.
• B16. The Apparent Magnitudes of the Stars.
• B17. The Diameter of Stellar Images as a Measure for the Brightness.
• B18. Photoelectric Photometry of Stellar Images.
• B19. The Atmospheric Extinction.
• B20. Stellar Spectra.
• B21. The Colours of the Stars.
• B22. The UBV Photometric System.
• B23. Interstellar Extinction.
• B24. The Nearest Stars.
• B25. The Motion of the Hyades.
• B26. The Mean Light Curve of a Cepheid.
• B27. The Observation of Double Stars.
• B28. The Orbit of a Visual Binary.
• B29. The Dynamical Parallax of Binaries.
• B30. The Orbit of a Spectroscopic Binary.
• B31. The Orbit of an Eclipsing Variable.
• B32. The Observation of Star Clusters and Nebulae.
• B33. Open Clusters.
• B34. The Distribution of the Stars in a Globular Cluster.
• B35. Cluster Variables in a Globular Cluster.
• B36. The Apex of the Solar Motion.
• B37. Preferential Directions in the Stellar Motions.
• B38. The Milky Way.
• B39. Dark Nebulae.
• B40. The Spiral Structure of the Galactic Clouds, derived from 21 cm Measurements.
• Index of Subjects.