Observing Variable Stars
A Guide for the Beginner
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- Author: David H. Levy
- Date Published: April 1998
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521627559
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David Levy's entertaining, well-researched book is aimed at the amateur enthusiast who likes to learn enjoyably. Beginning with advice on binoculars and telescopes, and how to observe the night sky effectively, the author goes on to describe thoroughly the field of variable star observation, a field in which amateurs have made important contributions. He shows how to interpret variations in light output in terms of the life of a star, from birth through to sometimes violent death. All of the major variable stars are described and classified, as well as other variable objects such as active galaxies, asteroids, comets and the sun. The book also contains a guide to the seasonal night sky. Throughout, practical observations serve to complement the text, producing an exciting, very readable introduction to this fascinating subject.
Read more- Not just a sky guide, this book suggests ways to make a real contribution to astronomy
- Clearly written, lively style, clear star charts
- Provides a good historical background to variable stars and those who observed the stars
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- Date Published: April 1998
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521627559
- length: 220 pages
- dimensions: 248 x 174 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.45kg
- contains: 96 b/w illus. 2 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Foreword
Opening thoughts
Acknowledgments
Part I. Getting To Know The Sky:
1. Beginning with the Big Dipper
2. Magnitude, color, and distance
3. A word on binoculars and telescopes
4. Learning to see
Part II. Getting To Know The Variables:
5. Meeting the family
6. Getting started with Cepheids
7. Algol, the demon of autumn
8. How to estimate a variable
9. Names and records
10. Observing hints
11. Stately and wonderful
12. Stars of challenge
13. Bright, easy, and interesting
14. Betelgeuse: easy and hard
15. Not too regular
16. Nova? What nova?
17. Supernovae
18. Three stars for all seasons
19. A nova in reverse
20. RU Lupi?
21. Orion, the star factory
22. Other variable things
23. The Sun
Part III. Suggested Variables For Observation Throughout The Year: Introduction: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, Southern sky notes
Part IV. A Miscellany:
24. Stars and people
25. The next generation
26. Going further
Glossary and abbreviations
Index.
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