A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis
By: Warner, Brian D [author.].
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BookPublisher: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.Description: XIV, 298 p. 110 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780387333915.Subject(s): Physics | Astronomy | Astrophysics | Cosmology | Observations, Astronomical | Astronomy -- Observations | Physics | Astronomy, Observations and Techniques | Astrophysics and Astroparticles | Astronomy, Astrophysics and CosmologyDDC classification: 520 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | Available | EBK6590 |
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.
A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis provides, for those with access to even a modest telescope and CCD camera, all the information needed 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. A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis 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. Any college student or amateur astronomer who wants to go beyond mere imaging with a CCD camera and enter the challenging world of "real science" via the lightcurves of asteroids and binary stars will find everything necessary in this book.
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