Astronomical Algorithms
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Today's astronomical tidbit....
During the 1980's and 1990's Microsoft's Visual Basic language was always somewhat of a moving target. During this time frame John Clark Craig authored several versions of a book published by Microsoft Press titled Visual Basic Developer's Workshop, with each new edition of the book corresponding to the next numbered version of Visual Basic. Reader's eagerly paid good money for each new edition of this book simply because so much had changed with each version of the language! Visual Basic .Net, on the other hand, has to date gone through four releases, and code developed to run under version 1.0 generally runs perfectly well with no changes when compiled for the very latest version. This syntax stability is a welcome change, and one that will help published algorithms remain viable for many years to come. |
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John's suggested reading about astronomical algorithms
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Introduction to Astronomical Photometry Provides an in-depth and professional coverage of the latest techniques, instruments, and experimental procedures for astronomical photometry. ISBN: 0521847117 |
Astronomical Algorithms Many programmers consider this book to be the standard source book for formulas, algorithms, and basic explanations of sun, moon, stars, and planet ephemerides. ISBN: 0943396611 |
Textbook on Spherical Astronomy Using the methods of spherical geometry, this textbook used has been used in lectures at Cambridge University by the author. It serves as a good reference work for researchers in a variety of astronomy and space physics disciplines. ISBN: 0521291801 |
Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac This book provides supplementary explanations for the Naval Observatory's planet, moon, sun, and star orbital formulas and spherical astronomy calculations. ISBN: 1891389459 |
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Practical Statistics for Astronomers This book is a little different in that it provides in-depth coverage of the statistical-based observations astronomers must use, including classical parametric and non-parametric methods, Bayesian solutions, and probability. ISBN: 0521456169 |
Astronomical Time Series This book is a complilation of topics from experts dealing with astronomical time series, including a variety of mathematical and statistical techniques. This can be a good reference for researchers studying binaries, searching for planets, analysing pulsars, and exploring gravitational galactic lensing. ISBN: 0792347064 |
Astronomy with your Personal Computer Written in 1990, this book received awards at the time for its ability to allow amateur astronomers to perform astronomical calculations on a personal computer for the first time. The formulas and equations are very useful, and if you don't mind translating from line-numbered BASIC to today's modern programming languages, it's a good reference. ISBN: 052138995X |
Easy PC Astronomy This book, written in 1997, presents "Astroscript", a DOS based pseudo-language for calculating many astronomical formulas. The explanations of astronomical phenomenon are useful, but its use with today's PCs is problematic. ISBN: 0521560527 |
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