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Observing variable stars, novae, and supernovae / Gerald North ; (with accompanying CD-ROM by Nick J...

Observing variable stars, novae, and supernovae / Geral...

Observing variable stars, novae, and supernovae / Gerald North ; (with accompanying CD-ROM by Nick J...

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Observing variable stars, novae, and supernovae / Gerald North ; (with accompanying CD-ROM by Nick James)

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Full title

Observing variable stars, novae, and supernovae / Gerald North ; (with accompanying CD-ROM by Nick James)

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Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Date

2004.

Call Numbers

N523/127 DISC

Record Identifier

74VKpl6xX2Jy

MMS ID

991019470929702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xi, 230 p.

Contents

1. Foundations, federations, and finder charts -- 2. Variables in vision -- 3. Astrovariables reckoned -- 4. Photometry -- 5. Stars great and small -- 6. Varable beginnings -- 7. Clockwork pulsators -- 8. Less regular single-star variables -- 9. Eclipsing binary stars -- 10. Cataclysmic and symbioti...

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Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2004.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"This complete practical guide and resource package instructs amateur astronomers in observing and monitoring variable stars and other objects of variable brightness. Descriptions of the objects are accompanied by explanations of the background astrophysics, providing readers with a real insight into what they are observing at the telescope. The ma...

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Full title

Observing variable stars, novae, and supernovae / Gerald North ; (with accompanying CD-ROM by Nick James)

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General note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Call Numbers

N523/127 DISC

Record Identifier

74VKpl6xX2Jy

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKpl6xX2Jy

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ISBN

0521820472 (hardback)

9780521820479 (hardback)

DDC

523.844

MMS ID

991019470929702626

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