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Practical Astronomy with your calculator
Author: Peter Duffett-Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press @ London, New York, Syndey, et al.
Published: 1981
Comments: Contains good explainations easily worked on a calculator.
Mathematical Astronomy with a Pocket Calculator
Author: Aubrey Jones FRAS
Published: 1978
Publisher: David & Charles @ Newton Abbot and London
Comments: Contains many programs for HP 67 or HP 41 calculators.
Astronomical Formulae for Calculators
Author: Jean Meeus, Vereniging voor Sterrenkunde Belgium
Publisher: Willman-Bell, Inc., P.O. Box 3125, Richmond, VA 23235, USA
(804) 320-7016
Published: 1982
Comments: The title is a misnomer unless you consider a HP-85 a
calculator. Formulae are presented not programs.
If you are interested in astronomy, you ought to get this
publisher's catalog.
Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon, and Planets
Author: Jean Meeus, Vereniging voor Sterrenkunde Belgium
Publisher: Willman-Bell, Inc., P.O. Box 3125, Richmond, VA 23235, USA
(804) 320-7016
Published: 1983
Comments: This book is 'companion volume' to the previous book giving
computed results.
Low-Precision Formulae for Planetary Positions
in 'The Astrophysical Journal'
Author: T.C. Van Flandern and K . F Pulkkinen
Publisher: The American Astronomical Society by University of Chicago Press
5801 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Published: November 1979 ess
Comments: A how-to-compute 'cookbook'.
'This paper gives low-precision (1') formulae for geocentric
and heliocentric positions of the Sun, Moon, and planets,
which are valid for any epoch within 300 years of the present.'
Textbook on Spherical Astronomy
Author: W. M. Smart, revised by R. M. Green
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (see above)
Published: 1980 (1st ed. 1931)
Comments: Textbook. Good for a beginner. College freshman math.
Considered a classic reference. Sometimes used in a graduate
level course.
Orbital Motion
Author: A. E. Roy
Publisher: Halsted Press
John Wiley & Sons @ New York, Chichester, Brisbane, et al.
Published: 1980 (1st ed. 1931)
Comments: Advanced textbook. Starts out at a low enough level that an
advanced undergraduate can follow it.
Spherical Astronomy
Author: Edgar W. Woolard and Gerald M. Clemence
Publisher: Academic Press @ New York, San Franciso, London, Syndey et al.
Published: 1966
Comments: Advanced reference. Very complete discussions.
Methods of Celestial Mechanics
Author: Dirk Brouwer and Gerald M. Clemence
Publisher: Academic Press @ New York, San Franciso, London, Syndey et al.
Published: 1961
Comments: Advanced reference. Very complete discussions.
Introduction to Orbital Mechanics
Author: Franz T. Geyling and H. Robert Westerman
Publisher: Addison-Wesley @ Reading MA, Menlo Park CA, London et al. .
Published: 1971
Comments: Advanced reference. Includes discussions of spheriod, light
pressure and magnetic field effects on Earth satellites.
This book is currently out of print.
Theory of the Motion of the Heavenly Bodies Moving about the Sun in
Conic Sections
Latin title: Theoria Motus Corporum Coelestium in Sectionibus Conicis
Solem Ambientium Auctore
Author: Karl Friedrich Gauss, translated by Charles Henry Davis
Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc. @ New York
Published: 1963 (reprint of Little, Brown & Co. edition of 1857)
Comments: Reference book. Shows how to compute orbits from observations.
Considered a classic reference. It is somewhat hard to follow.
Computational Spherical Astronomy
Author: Laurence G. Taff
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons @ New York, Chichester, Brisbane, et al.
Published: 1981
Comments: Textbook. Good for a beginner. College freshman math.
Intended for engineers and other such users.
Almanac for Computers (numbered by year)
Publisher: Nautical Almanac Office,
United States Naval Observatory, Washington, DC 20390
Published: yearly
Comments: Very high precision Chebyshev short term (e.g. 1 month)
formulae suitable for hand calculator (programability is
nice but not really necessary).
American Practical Navigator (2 vols)
Author: originally Nathaniel Bowditch, LL.D. 1773-1838
Publisher: (United States) Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center
Published: 1977 (1st Vol) 1975 (2nd Vol)
Comments: Textbook. Very good for a beginner. Elementary school math.
Intended for seaman with about 8th grade education.
Teachs the why's, how's and needed mathematics to work
astronomical problems associated with navigation.
The second volume contains the necessary tables.
The Astronomical Almanac (numbered by year)
Publisher: Nautical Almanac Office,
United States Naval Observatory, Washington, DC 20390
& Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office,
Royal Greenwich Observatory, East Sussex, BN27 1RP, England
Published: yearly
Comments: Reference tables with some text.
Can be ordered from:
1. Superintendent of Documents, US Government Printing Office,
Washington, DC 20402
2. Her Majesty's Stationery Office,
P.O. Box 569, London SE1 9NH, England
Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Ephemeris and the American
Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac
Publisher: Nautical Almanac Office,
United States Naval Observatory, Washington, DC 20390
& Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office,
Royal Greenwich Observatory, East Sussex, BN27 1RP, England
Published: 1961
Comments: Reference. Title describes relationship to The Astronomical
Almanac described above.
Can be ordered from:
1. Pendragon, 2595 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
2. Her Majesty's Stationery Office,
P.O. Box 569, London SE1 9NH, England
------ The following books are not directly concerned with
------ Mathematical Astronomy; but they do contain related material.
Algorithms for RPN Calculators
Author: John A. Ball
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons @ New York, Chichester, Brisbane, et al.
Published: 1978
Comments: Primarily a book showing how to write good tight algorithms
for RPN calculators. It does contain several algorithms
related to geodesy and astronomy.
The Christian Calendar and the Gregorian Reform
Author: Peter Archer, S.J.
Publisher: Fordham University Press @ New York
Published: 1941
Comments: Primarily a study of the Christian luni-solar calendar and of
its Geogorian correction. This is the most complete discussion
of the Christian calendar that I have able to find in English.
The Cyclopedia of Religion and Ethics
(I do not have with me a complete reference to this work.)
Comments: This cyclopedia a number of detailed descriptions of the
various religious calendars.
There are many other good reference books.
Randolph J. Herber, Amdahl Systems Engineer,
..!ihnp4!ihuxj!rjh,
c/o IH 1C220, AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL 60566,
(312) 979-6554 or AT&T Cornet 8-367-6554,
or Amdahl Corp., Suite 250, 6400 Shafer, Rosemont, IL 60018,
(312) 692-7520rjh@ihuxj.UUCP (Randolph J. Herber) (03/22/84)
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Practical Astronomy with your calculator
Author: Peter Duffett-Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press @ London, New York, Syndey, et al.
Published: 1981
Comments: Contains good explainations easily worked on a calculator.
Mathematical Astronomy with a Pocket Calculator
Author: Aubrey Jones FRAS
Published: 1978
Publisher: David & Charles @ Newton Abbot and London
Comments: Contains many programs for HP 67 or HP 41 calculators.
Astronomical Formulae for Calculators
Author: Jean Meeus, Vereniging voor Sterrenkunde Belgium
Publisher: Willman-Bell, Inc., P.O. Box 3125, Richmond, VA 23235, USA
(804) 320-7016
Published: 1982
Comments: The title is a misnomer unless you consider a HP-85 a
calculator. Formulae are presented not programs.
If you are interested in astronomy, you ought to get this
publisher's catalog.
Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon, and Planets
Author: Jean Meeus, Vereniging voor Sterrenkunde Belgium
Publisher: Willman-Bell, Inc., P.O. Box 3125, Richmond, VA 23235, USA
(804) 320-7016
Published: 1983
Comments: This book is 'companion volume' to the previous book giving
computed results.
Low-Precision Formulae for Planetary Positions
in 'The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series *41*, 391-411'
Author: T.C. Van Flandern and K . F Pulkkinen
Publisher: The American Astronomical Society by University of Chicago Press
5801 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Published: November 1979 ess
Comments: A how-to-compute 'cookbook'.
'This paper gives low-precision (1') formulae for geocentric
and heliocentric positions of the Sun, Moon, and planets,
which are valid for any epoch within 300 years of the present.'
Textbook on Spherical Astronomy
Author: W. M. Smart, revised by R. M. Green
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (see above)
Published: 1980 (1st ed. 1931)
Comments: Textbook. Good for a beginner. College freshman math.
Considered a classic reference. Sometimes used in a graduate
level course.
Orbital Motion
Author: A. E. Roy
Publisher: Halsted Press
John Wiley & Sons @ New York, Chichester, Brisbane, et al.
Published: 1980 (1st ed. 1931)
Comments: Advanced textbook. Starts out at a low enough level that an
advanced undergraduate can follow it.
Spherical Astronomy
Author: Edgar W. Woolard and Gerald M. Clemence
Publisher: Academic Press @ New York, San Franciso, London, Syndey et al.
Published: 1966
Comments: Advanced reference. Very complete discussions.
Methods of Celestial Mechanics
Author: Dirk Brouwer and Gerald M. Clemence
Publisher: Academic Press @ New York, San Franciso, London, Syndey et al.
Published: 1961
Comments: Advanced reference. Very complete discussions.
Introduction to Orbital Mechanics
Author: Franz T. Geyling and H. Robert Westerman
Publisher: Addison-Wesley @ Reading MA, Menlo Park CA, London et al. .
Published: 1971
Comments: Advanced reference. Includes discussions of spheriod, light
pressure and magnetic field effects on Earth satellites.
This book is currently out of print.
Theory of the Motion of the Heavenly Bodies Moving about the Sun in
Conic Sections
Latin title: Theoria Motus Corporum Coelestium in Sectionibus Conicis
Solem Ambientium Auctore
Author: Karl Friedrich Gauss, translated by Charles Henry Davis
Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc. @ New York
Published: 1963 (reprint of Little, Brown & Co. edition of 1857)
Comments: Reference book. Shows how to compute orbits from observations.
Considered a classic reference. It is somewhat hard to follow.
Computational Spherical Astronomy
Author: Laurence G. Taff
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons @ New York, Chichester, Brisbane, et al.
Published: 1981
Comments: Textbook. Good for a beginner. College freshman math.
Intended for engineers and other such users.
Almanac for Computers (numbered by year)
Publisher: Nautical Almanac Office,
United States Naval Observatory, Washington, DC 20390
Published: yearly
Comments: Very high precision Chebyshev short term (e.g. 1 month)
formulae suitable for hand calculator (programability is
nice but not really necessary).
American Practical Navigator (2 vols)
Author: originally Nathaniel Bowditch, LL.D. 1773-1838
Publisher: (United States) Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center
Published: 1977 (1st Vol) 1975 (2nd Vol)
Comments: Textbook. Very good for a beginner. Elementary school math.
Intended for seaman with about 8th grade education.
Teachs the why's, how's and needed mathematics to work
astronomical problems associated with navigation.
The second volume contains the necessary tables.
The Astronomical Almanac (numbered by year)
Publisher: Nautical Almanac Office,
United States Naval Observatory, Washington, DC 20390
& Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office,
Royal Greenwich Observatory, East Sussex, BN27 1RP, England
Published: yearly
Comments: Reference tables with some text.
Can be ordered from:
1. Superintendent of Documents, US Government Printing Office,
Washington, DC 20402
2. Her Majesty's Stationery Office,
P.O. Box 569, London SE1 9NH, England
Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Ephemeris and the American
Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac
Publisher: Nautical Almanac Office,
United States Naval Observatory, Washington, DC 20390
& Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office,
Royal Greenwich Observatory, East Sussex, BN27 1RP, England
Published: 1961
Comments: Reference. Title describes relationship to The Astronomical
Almanac described above.
Can be ordered from:
1. Pendragon, 2595 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
2. Her Majesty's Stationery Office,
P.O. Box 569, London SE1 9NH, England
------ The following books are not directly concerned with
------ Mathematical Astronomy; but they do contain related material.
Algorithms for RPN Calculators
Author: John A. Ball
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons @ New York, Chichester, Brisbane, et al.
Published: 1978
Comments: Primarily a book showing how to write good tight algorithms
for RPN calculators. It does contain several algorithms
related to geodesy and astronomy.
The Christian Calendar and the Gregorian Reform
Author: Peter Archer, S.J.
Publisher: Fordham University Press @ New York
Published: 1941
Comments: Primarily a study of the Christian luni-solar calendar and of
its Geogorian correction. This is the most complete discussion
of the Christian calendar that I have able to find in English.
The Cyclopedia of Religion and Ethics
(I do not have with me a complete reference to this work.)
Comments: This cyclopedia a number of detailed descriptions of the
various religious calendars.
There are many other good reference books.
Randolph J. Herber, Amdahl Systems Engineer,
..!ihnp4!ihuxj!rjh,
c/o IH 1C220, AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL 60566,
(312) 979-6554 or AT&T Cornet 8-367-6554,
or Amdahl Corp., Suite 250, 6400 Shafer, Rosemont, IL 60018,
(312) 692-7520