Overview
- Contains a distillation of our current knowledge of Uranus, Neptune, Pluto…and the 10th planet
- Many new observing projects for different sizes of telescopes (from 4-inch)
- How to image cloud features on Uranus
- Describes how to accurately measure and record the brightness of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
- Examples of contributions by owners of modest (and some large) aperture telescopes
- Finder charts for Uranus and Neptune
Part of the book series: Astronomers' Observing Guides (OBSERVING)
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About this book
This book is for two groups of people: those who want to study the remote planets with amateur astronomical equipment, and those who are just interested in learning about our knowledge of the remote planets.
The Remote Planets, and How to Observe them is unique in that it gives a completely up-to-date summary of our current knowledge of the remote planets, and also explains how amateur astronomers can contribute to our knowledge of the remote planets. Readers are given some inspiring examples of people who, with modest commercially-made equipment, have made important contributions to our scientific knowledge.
The observational section goes into great detail, including optical and CCD photometry, occultation measurements, imaging (including stacking and enhancement techniques) and polarization measurements.
There are finder charts (from 2010 to 2026), complete with two sets of star-magnitudes in an appendix (one set of magnitudes are for photoelectric photometry and the other set is for visual photometry)
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Reviews
From the reviews:
"Uranus, Neptune and Pluto and How to Observe Them is truly an enthusiast’s book, aimed at the serious amateur astronomer. Schmude … reviews in detail the findings from Voyager as well as Earth-based telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope. He does this in a tone that is accessible to nonscientists, offering them the latest information as well as allowing them to tailor their observation … about these fascinating objects. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels." (E. S. Perlman, Choice, Vol. 46 (7), March, 2009)
About the author
Richard Schmude Jr. has a Ph D in Physical Chemistry, and has taught solar system astronomy for over 10 years. He has been Remote Planets Coordinator for the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) since 1990, and has written 18 scientific papers about the remote planets in various journals. He has a total of 103 published papers. He has been a full-time college Professor at Gordon College since 1994.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto and How to Observe Them
Authors: Richard Schmude Jr.
Series Title: Astronomers' Observing Guides
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76602-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-76601-0Published: 05 September 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-76602-7Published: 29 June 2009
Series ISSN: 1611-7360
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6546
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 232
Topics: Popular Science in Astronomy, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Planetology