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  1-9 of 9 Reviews about "Astronomy (J.2...)": Date Reviewed
   Deep learning in solar astronomy
Xu L., Yan Y., Huang X., Springer International Publishing, Singapore, 2022. 92 pp.  Type: Book (9789811927454)

Astronomy began with observations of things visible in the sky. In the Modern Era, observations of radio waves as well as visible light further advanced human knowledge. In solar astronomy we observe images, events such as solar flares, and magnet...

Nov 22 2023
  Stargazing under suburban skies: a star-hopper’s guide
Zack M., Gannon A., McRoberts J., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2018. 401 pp.  Type: Book (978-3-319901-15-2)

The stars have fascinated mankind since ancient times. Advances in science and technology have helped us to understand the stars and universe better. This book, authored by three active members of the Loughton Astronomical Society and ...

Oct 29 2019
  The LOFAR correlator: implementation and performance analysis
Romein J., Broekema P., Mol J., van Nieuwpoort R.  PPoPP 2010 (Proceedings of the 15th ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming, Bangalore, India, Jan 9-14, 2010) 169-178, 2010.  Type: Proceedings

Instead of using traditional telescopes to monitor the sky and combine all the signals centrally, to generate sky images, this research considers and presents the low-frequency array (LOFAR) radio telescope....

Apr 21 2010
  Calendrical Calculations: the millennium edition
Reingold E., Dershowitz N., Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 2001. 460 pp.  Type: Book (9780521777520)

Do you know what day it is? A common enough question, but it can be a very expensive question if your software produces the wrong result. Much attention was focused on just such a question because of the “Y2K bug” t...

May 7 2002
  Cosmology of the early universe viewed through the new infrastructure
Ostriker J., Norman M. Communications of the ACM 40(11): 84-94, 1997.  Type: Article

The ultimate goal of (physical) cosmology is to understand the mechanisms that led to the structure and evolution of the universe. Cosmologists seek to discover the physical composition of the universe and the principles that establish...

Jun 1 1998
  Astronomy with your personal computer (2nd ed.)
Duffet-Smith P., Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 1990.  Type: Book (9780521380935)

Astronomy has always required mathematical calculations. Calculations determine when an eclipse will take place or when the first day of spring will occur. These and many other astronomical calculations have been known for centuries, b...

Feb 1 1992
  Orbits: for amateurs with a microcomputer; vol. 2
Tattersfield D., Halsted Press, New York, NY, 1987.  Type: Book (9789780470203569)

This text is intended for the amateur or professional astronomer who is interested in using a microcomputer for orbital calculations. As in the first volume [1], the author provides programs in BASIC for the production of predicted pos...

Oct 1 1987
  Astronomy with your personal computer
Duffett-Smith P., Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 1985.  Type: Book (9789780521266208)

This handy little book has 26 computer programs written in BASIC-E for the amateur astronomer who has a personal computer. Each program includes a listing and an example or run state. Elementary programs, for example, convert decimal h...

Feb 1 1987
  Signal processing in SETI
Cullers D., Linscott I., Oliver B. Communications of the ACM 28(11): 1151-1163, 1985.  Type: Article

NASA is planning SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) experiments that include a large amount of concurrent signal processing to be done in realtime. This paper commences with a discussion of the origin of life on Earth (fav...

May 1 1986
 
 
 
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