Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 New observational techniques
- 3 Basic principles and coordinate systems
- 4 Treatment of astronomical data
- 5 Principles of relativity
- 6 Apparent displacements of celestial objects
- 7 Extragalactic reference frame
- 8 Dynamical reference frame
- 9 Terrestrial coordinate systems
- 10 Earth orientation
- 11 Stars
- 12 Double and multiple star systems
- 13 Astronomical phenomena
- 14 Applications to observations
- Appendix A Examples
- Appendix B Astronomical values
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 New observational techniques
- 3 Basic principles and coordinate systems
- 4 Treatment of astronomical data
- 5 Principles of relativity
- 6 Apparent displacements of celestial objects
- 7 Extragalactic reference frame
- 8 Dynamical reference frame
- 9 Terrestrial coordinate systems
- 10 Earth orientation
- 11 Stars
- 12 Double and multiple star systems
- 13 Astronomical phenomena
- 14 Applications to observations
- Appendix A Examples
- Appendix B Astronomical values
- Glossary
- References
- Index
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- Fundamentals of Astrometry , pp. 399 - 404Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004