Fundamentals of Astronomy.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Authors -- Chapter 1 Spherical Astronomy -- 1.1 Elements of Plane Trigonometry -- 1.2 Some Properties of Plane Triangles -- 1.3 Elements of Spherical Trigonometry -- 1.4 Cartesian and Polar Coordinates -- 1.5 Terrestrial Latitude and Longitude on the Spherical Earth -- 1.6 Elements of Vector Calculus -- Notes -- Exercises -- Chapter 2 First Notions on Astronomical Reference Systems -- 2.1 The Alt-Azimuth System -- 2.2 The Hour Angle and Declination System -- 2.3 The Equatorial System -- 2.4 Telescope Mounts -- 2.5 The Ecliptic System -- 2.6 The Galactic System -- 2.7 Other Systems -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Transformations of Coordinates -- 3.1 Transformations by Matrix Rotation -- 3.2 Transformations by Spherical Trigonometry -- 3.3 Some Examples and Applications -- Exercises -- Chapter 4 First Notions on the Movements of the Earth and the Astronomical Times -- 4.1 The Movements of the Earth -- 4.2 The Sidereal Time ST -- 4.3 The Solar Time T[sub(ʘ)] and the Equation of Time E -- 4.4 The Universal Time UT -- 4.5 The Tropical Year and the Rates of ST and UT -- 4.6 The Year and the Julian Calendar -- 4.7 The Besselian Year or Annus Fictus -- 4.8 The Seasons -- 4.9 The Julian Date -- Notes -- Exercises -- Chapter 5 The Movements of the Fundamental Planes -- 5.1 First Dynamical Considerations -- 5.2 The Precession of the Equinox -- 5.3 The Movements of the Fundamental Planes -- 5.4 First-Order Effects of the Precession on the Stellar Coordinates -- 5.5 The Nutation -- 5.6 Approximate Formulae for General Precession and Nutation -- 5.7 Newcomb's Rotation Formulae for Precession -- 5.8 Precession and Position Angles -- 5.9 Solar System Objects -- Notes -- Exercises -- Chapter 6 Dynamics of Earth's Rotation.

6.1 Newton's Lunisolar Precession -- 6.2 The Lunisolar Torque -- 6.3 The Precessional Potential -- 6.4 The Earth's Free Rotation -- Notes -- Exercise -- Chapter 7 Aberration of Light -- 7.1 The Solar Aberration -- 7.2 The Annual Aberration -- 7.3 The Lorentz Transformations -- 7.4 Effects of Annual Aberration on the Stellar Coordinates -- 7.5 The Diurnal Aberration -- 7.6 Planetary Aberration and Planetary Perturbations -- 7.7 The Gravitational Deflection of Light -- Notes -- Chapter 8 The Parallax -- 8.1 The Trigonometric Parallax -- 8.2 The Diurnal Parallax -- 8.3 Solar and Lunar Parallaxes -- 8.4 The Annual Parallax -- 8.5 Secular and Dynamical Parallaxes -- Notes -- Exercises -- Chapter 9 Radial Velocities and Proper Motions -- 9.1 Radial Velocities -- 9.2 Proper Motions -- 9.3 Variation of the Equatorial Coordinates -- 9.4 Interplay between Proper Motions and Precession Constants -- 9.5 Astrometric Radial Velocities -- 9.6 Apex of Stellar Motions and Group Parallaxes -- 9.7 The Peculiar Motion of the Sun and the Local Standard of Rest -- 9.8 Secular and Statistical Parallaxes -- 9.9 Differential Rotation of the Galaxy and Oort's Constants -- Notes -- Exercises -- Chapter 10 The Astronomical Times, the Atomic Time and the Earth Rotation Angle -- 10.1 The Sidereal Time ST -- 10.2 The Solar Time T[sub(⨀)] -- 10.3 The Year -- 10.3.1 Tropical Year -- 10.3.2 Besselian Year B or Annus Fictus -- 10.3.3 Sidereal Year -- 10.3.4 Anomalistic Year -- 10.3.5 Draconitic (or Eclipse) and Gaussian Years -- 10.4 The Dynamical Ephemeris Time ET -- 10.5 The Atomic Time -- 10.6 The Earth Rotation Angle (ERA) -- Notes -- Exercise -- Chapter 11 The Terrestrial Atmosphere -- 11.1 The Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere -- 11.2 The Refraction -- 11.3 Effects of Refraction on the Apparent Coordinates -- 11.4 The Chromatic Refraction of the Atmosphere.

11.5 Relationships between Refraction Index, Pressure and Temperature -- 11.6 Scintillation and Seeing -- Notes -- Chapter 12 The Two-Body Problem -- 12.1 The Barycentric Treatment -- 12.2 The Gravitational Attraction -- 12.3 The Relative Movement -- 12.4 Planetary Masses from Kepler's Third Law -- 12.5 Escape Velocity -- 12.6 Some Considerations on Artificial Satellites -- Notes -- Exercise -- Chapter 13 Orbital Elements and Ephemerides -- 13.1 Kepler's Equation -- 13.2 Ephemerides from the Orbital Elements -- 13.3 Planetary Configurations and Titius-Bode Law -- 13.4 Orbital Elements from the Observations -- 13.5 Application to Visual Binary Stars -- Notes -- Chapter 14 Elements of Perturbation Theories -- 14.1 Perturbations of the Planetary Movements -- 14.2 Planet Plus Small Moon -- 14.3 Case Earth-Moon -- 14.4 The Lunar Month and the Librations -- 14.5 The Case Planet Plus Planet -- 14.6 The Restricted Circular Three-Body Problem -- 14.7 A Non-Spherical Body Plus a Small Nearby Satellite -- 14.8 Other Interesting Cases -- Notes -- Exercise -- Chapter 15 Eclipses, Occultations and Transits -- 15.1 Moon's Phases -- 15.2 Conditions for the Occurrence of an Eclipse -- 15.3 Solar Eclipses -- 15.4 Lunar Eclipses -- 15.5 Besselian Elements and Magnitude of the Eclipse -- 15.6 Number and Repetitions of Eclipses -- 15.7 Stellar Occultations -- 15.8 Transits of Exoplanets -- Notes -- Exercises -- Chapter 16 Elements of Astronomical Photometry -- 16.1 Visual Magnitudes -- 16.2 Extension of the Definition of Magnitude -- 16.2.1 The Reflectivity of the Optics and Transmissivity of Filters -- 16.2.2 The Efficiency of the Detectors -- 16.3 Extinction by the Earth's Atmosphere -- 16.4 The Black Body -- 16.5 Color Indices and Two-Color Diagrams -- 16.6 Calibration of the Apparent Magnitudes in Physical Units.

16.7 Apparent Diameters and Absolute Magnitudes of the Stars -- 16.8 The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram -- 16.9 Interstellar Absorption and Polarization -- 16.10 Extension to the Bodies of the Solar System -- 16.11 Radiation Quantities -- Notes -- Exercises -- Chapter 17 Elements of Astronomical Spectroscopy -- 17.1 Spectroscopic Techniques -- 17.2 The Analysis of the Spectral Lines -- 17.3 Detailed Balance and the Boltzmann Equation -- 17.4 The Saha Equation -- 17.5 Spectral Classification of Stars and the Abundance of the Elements -- 17.6 The Harvard and the MK Classification Schemes -- 17.7 Very Low-Temperature Stars -- 17.8 Relationship between the MK Classification and Photometric Parameters -- 17.9 Spectra of Peculiar Stars -- 17.10 Spectra of Solar System Objects -- Notes -- Bibliography -- References -- Web Sites -- Index.

Providing a broad overview of foundational concepts, this second edition of Fundamentals of Astronomy covers topics ranging from spherical astronomy to reference systems, and celestial mechanics to astronomical photometry and spectroscopy.

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