Michael Perryman

Astronomical Applications of Astrometry

Ten Years of Exploitation of the Hipparcos Satellite Data

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An authoritative account of the contributions to science made by the Hipparcos satellite, for astronomers, astrophysicists and cosmologists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 692
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 191mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1610g
• ISBN-13: 9780521514897
• ISBN-10: 0521514894
• Artikelnr.: 25206429

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Hipparcos and Tycho catalogues
2. Derived catalogues and applications
3. Double and multiple stars
4. Photometry and variability
5. Luminosity calibration and distance scale
6. Open clusters, groups and associations
7. Stellar structure and evolution
8. Specific stellar types and the ISM
9. Structure of the Galaxy
10. Solar System and exo-planets
Index.