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Fundamentals of Astrometry

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Astrometry encompasses all that is necessary to provide the positions and motions of celestial bodies. This includes observational techniques, instrumentation, processing and analysis of observational data, reference systems and frames, and the resulting astronomical phenomena. Astrometry is fundamental to all other fields of astronomy, from the pointing of telescopes, to navigation and guidance systems, to distance and motion determinations for astrophysics. In the last few decades, new observational techniques have enabled improvements in accuracy by orders of magnitude. Starting from basic principles, this book provides the fundamentals for this new astrometry at milli- and micro-arcsecond accuracies. Topics include: basics of general relativity; coordinate systems; vectors, tensors, quaternions, and observational uncertainties; determination and use of the celestial and terrestrial reference systems and frames; applications of new observational techniques; present and future star catalogues and double star astrometry. This comprehensive reference will be invaluable for graduate students and research astronomers.

Author Biography:

Kenneth Seidelmann is a Research Professor in the Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia. Until 2000, was Director of Astrometry of the U.S. Naval Observatory, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Maryland. Jean Kovalevsky is an Associate (retired) Astronomer of the Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes Geodynamiques et Astronomiques (CERGA), at the Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, France. He is President of the International Committee of Weights and Measures and a member of the French Academy of Sciences.
Release date NZ
June 3rd, 2004
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Pages
422
Dimensions
180x254x28
ISBN-13
9780521642163
Product ID
5925965

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