Fundamentals of Astrometry

by Jean Kovalevsky and P. Kenneth Seidelmann

Book Overview

Astrometry encompasses all that is necessary to measure the positions and motions of celestial bodies: observational techniques, instrumentation, processing and analysis of observational data, and reference systems and frames, as well as the resulting astronomical phenomena. It is fundamental to all other fields of astronomy, from the focusing of telescopes to navigation and guidance systems and distance and motion determinations for astrophysics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521642167
• ISBN13: 9780521642163
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 2.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 10.0"