Astronomy Principles and Practice Fourth Edition.pdf

Bibliography
1 Source books
The Astronomical Almanac, Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, published yearly
The Handbook of the British Astronomical Association, British Astronomical Association,
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0DU, published yearly
Norton’s Star Atlas, by A P Norton, 19th edition, ed Ian Ridpath, Longman Publishing Group,
1998
The Cambridge Star Atlas, by Wil Tirion, Cambridge University Press, 2001
Astronomy: A Handbook ed G D Roth, Springer, Berlin, 1975
Outline of Astronomy, two volumes, by H H Voigt, Noordhoof Publishers, Holland, 1974
The Cambridge Atlas of Astronomy, ed J Audouze and G Israël, Cambridge University Press, 1985
Colours of the Stars, by D Malin and P Murdin, Cambridge University Press, 1984
Philips Planisphere, There are various models—a small one of 130 mm diameter was published
in 1994 by George Philip Ltd
Collins Dictionary of Astronomy, 2nd edn, ed V Illingworth, Harper Collins, 2000
Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy, ed I Ridpath, Oxford University Press, 1998
In addition, current discussion on the recent developments of the subject, on forthcoming,
predicted events and on historical topics can be found in the excellent journal, Sky & Telescope.
The magazine is also a good source for some experimental projects and old issues may be accessed
from libraries, Sky Publishing Corporation, Cambridge, MA, USA
2 Practical projects
Further ideas for experiments and exercises can be found in:
Exercises in Astronomy, ed J Kleczek (a revised and extended edition of Practical Work in
Elementary Astronomy, by M G J Minnaert), Reidel, Dordrecht, 1987
Astronomy: Observational Activities and Experiments, byMKGainer,AllynandBaconInc.,
Boston, 1974
Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy, 2nd edn, by J L Safko, Kendall/Hunt, 1978
Astronomy: Activities and Experiments, by L J Kelsey, D B Hoff and J S Neff, Kendall/Hunt,
1974
Activities in Astronomy, by D B Hoff, L J Kelsey and J S Neff, Kendall/Hunt, 1978
A description of the CCD camera and its application using small telescopes, together with a package
for image processing, is given in:
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The Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing, by R Berry and J Burnell, William Bell, Inc,
2000