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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.
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, Palto Alto, CA 94303, USA
2. Her Majesty's Stationery Office,
P.O. Box 569, London SE1 9NH, England
I did not list those books which I commonly find in city public librarys
There are many other good reference books.
Randolph J. Herber, Amdahl Systems Engineer,
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