Fundamentals of astronomy /
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Spherical astronomy
- 1.1. Elements of plane trigonometry
- 1.2. Some properties of plane triangles
- 1.3. Elements of spherical trigonometry
- 1.4. Cartesian and polar coordinates
- 1.5. Terrestrial latitude and longitude on the spherical Earth
- 1.6. Elements of vector calculus
- Notes
- Exercises
- 2. Astronomical reference systems
- 2.1. The Alt-Azimuth system
- 2.2. The hour angle and declination system
- 2.3. The equatorial system
- 2.4. The ecliptic system
- 2.5. The galactic system
- Notes
- 3. Transformations of coordinates
- 3.1. Transformations by matrix rotation
- 3.2. Transformations by spherical trigonometry
- 3.3. Some examples and applications
- Exercises
- 4. The movements of the Earth and the astronomical times
- 4.1. The movements of the Earth
- 4.2. The sidereal time (ST)
- 4.3. The solar time and the equation of time
- 4.4. The universal time (UT)
- 4.5. The tropical year and the rates of ST and UT
- 4.6. The year and the Julian calendar
- 4.7. The Besselian year or Annus Fictus
- 4.8. The seasons
- 4.9. The Julian date
- Notes
- Exercises
- 5. The movements of the fundamental planes
- 5.1. First dynamical considerations
- 5.2. The precession of the equinox
- 5.3. The movements of the fundamental planes
- 5.4. First-order effects of the precession on the stellar coordinates
- 5.5. The nutation
- 5.6. Approximate formulae for general precession and nutation
- 5.7. Newcomb's rotation formulae for precession
- 5.8. Precession and position angles
- Notes
- Exercises
- 6. Dynamics of Earth's rotation
- 6.1. Newton's lunisolar precession
- 6.2. The lunisolar torque
- 6.3. The precessional potential
- 6.4. The Earth's free rotation
- 6.5. Recent developments
- Notes
- Exercises
- 7. Aberration of light
- 7.1. The solar aberration
- 7.2. The annual aberration
- 7.3. Lorentz transformations
- 7.4. Effects of annual aberration on the stellar coordinates
- 7.5. The diurnal aberration
- 7.6. Planetary aberration
- 7.7. The gravitational deflection of light
- Notes
- 8. The parallax
- 8.1. The trigonometric parallax
- 8.2. The diurnal parallax
- 8.3. Solar and lunar parallaxes
- 8.4. The annual parallax
- 8.5. Secular and dynamical parallaxes
- Notes
- Exercises
- 9. Radial velocities and proper motions
- 9.1. Radial velocities
- 9.2. Proper motions
- 9.3. Variation of the equatorial coordinates
- 9.4. Interplay between proper motions and precession constants
- 9.5. Astrometric radial velocities
- 9.6. Apex of stellar motions and group parallaxes
- 9.7. The peculiar motion of the Sun
- 9.8. Secular and statistical parallaxes
- 9.9. Differential rotation of the galaxy and Oort's constants
- Notes
- Exercises
- 10. The astronomical times
- 10.1. The sidereal time ST
- 10.2. The solar time T
- 10.3. The year
- 10.3.1. Tropical year
- 10.3.2. Besselian year B, or Annus Fictus
- 10.3.3. Sidereal year
- 10.3.4. Anomalistic year
- 10.3.5. Draconic and Gaussian years
- 10.4. The dynamical time
- 10.5. The atomic time
- Notes
- Exercise
- 11. The terrestrial atmosphere
- 11.1. The vertical structure of the atmosphere
- 11.2. The refraction
- 11.3. Effects of refraction on the apparent coordinates
- 11.4. The chromatic refraction of the atmosphere
- 11.5. Relationships between refraction index, pressure and temperature
- 11.6. Scintillation and seeing
- Notes
- 12. The two-body problem
- 12.1. The barycentric treatment
- 12.2. The gravitational attraction
- 12.3. The relative movement
- 12.4. Planetary masses from Kepler's third law
- 12.5. Escape velocity
- 12.6. Some considerations on artificial satellites
- Notes
- Exercises
- 13. Orbital elements and ephemerides
- 13.1. Kepler's equation
- 13.2. Ephemerides from the orbital elements
- 13.3. Planetary configurations and Titius-Bode law
- 13.4. Orbital Elements from the observations
- 13.5. Application to visual binary stars
- Notes
- 14. Elements of perturbation theories
- 14.1. Perturbations of the planetary movements
- 14.2. Planet plus small moon
- 14.3. Case Earth-Moon
- 14.4. The lunar month and the librations
- 14.5. The case planet plus planet
- 14.6. The restricted circular three-body problem
- 14.7. A nonspherical body plus a small nearby satellite
- 14.8. Other interesting cases
- Notes
- Exercise
- 15. Eclipses and occultations
- 15.1. Moon's phases
- 15.2. Conditions for the occurrence of an eclipse
- 15.3. Solar eclipses
- 15.4. Lunar eclipses
- 15.5. Besselian elements and magnitude of the eclipse
- 15.6. Number and repetitions of eclipses
- 15.7. Stellar occultations
- Notes
- Exercises
- 16. Elements of astronomical photometry
- 16.1. Visual magnitudes
- 16.2. Extension of the definition of magnitude
- 16.2.1. The reflectivity of the optics and transmissivity of filters
- 16.2.2. The efficiency of the detectors
- 16.3. Extinction by the Earth's atmosphere
- 16.4. The black body
- 16.5. Color indices and two-color diagrams
- 16.6. Calibration of the apparent magnitudes in physical units
- 16.7. Apparent diameters and absolute magnitudes of the stars
- 16.8. The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
- 16.9. Interstellar absorption
- 16.10. Extension to the bodies of the Solar System
- 16.11. Radiation quantities
- Notes
- Exercises
- 17. Elements of astronomical spectroscopy
- 17.1. Spectroscopic techniques
- 17.2. The analysis of the spectral lines
- 17.3. Detailed balance and the Boltzmann equation
- 17.4. The Saha equation
- 17.5. Criteria of spectral classification of stars
- 17.6. The Harvard and the MK classification schemes
- 17.7. Low temperature stars
- 17.8. Peculiarities
- 17.9. Relationship between the MK classification and photometric parameters
- Notes.