《Fundamentals of Astrometry》是2011年出版的圖書，作者是Jean, Kovalevsky、P. Kenneth, Seidelmann、Kovalevsky, Jean。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Fundamentals of Astrometry
- 作者：Jean, Kovalevsky、P. Kenneth, Seidelmann、Kovalevsky, Jean
- 出版時間：2011年10月
- 頁數：422 頁
- ISBN：9780521173315
- 定價：84.75 美元
內容簡介
Astrometry encompasses all that is necessary to provide the positions and motions of celestial bodies. This includes observational techniques, instrumentation, processing and analysis of observational data, reference systems and frames, and the resulting astronomical phenomena. Astrometry is fundamental to all other fields of astronomy, from the pointing of telescopes, to navigation and guidance systems, to distance and motion determinations for astrophysics. In the last few decades, new observational techniques have enabled improvements in accuracy by orders of magnitude. Starting from basic principles, this 2004 book provides the fundamentals for this new astrometry at milli- and micro-arcsecond accuracies. Topics include: basics of general relativity; co-ordinate systems; vectors, tensors, quaternions, and observational uncertainties; determination and use of the celestial and terrestrial reference systems and frames; applications of new observational techniques; present and future star catalogues and double star astrometry. This comprehensive reference will be invaluable for graduate students and research astronomers.
