Book:W.M. Smart/Textbook on Spherical Astronomy/Sixth Edition

Subject Matter

 * Celestial Mechanics

Contents

 * Preface
 * Preface to the Sixth Edition


 * Chapter I: Spherical Trigonometry
 * Chapter II: The Celestial Sphere
 * Chapter III: Refraction
 * Chapter IV: The Meridian Circle
 * Chapter V: Planetary Motions
 * Chapter VI: Time
 * Chapter VII: Planetary Phenomena and Heliographic Co-ordinates
 * Chapter VIII: Aberration
 * Chapter IX: Parallax
 * Chapter X: Precession and Nutation
 * Chapter XI: The Proper Motions of the Stars
 * Chapter XII: Astronomical Photography
 * Chapter XIII: Determination of Position at Sea
 * Chapter XIV: Binary Star Orbits
 * Chapter XV: Occultations and Eclipses


 * Appendix I. The Method of Dependencies
 * Appendix II. Stellar Magnitudes
 * Appendix III. The Coelostat
 * Appendix A. Astronomical Constants
 * Appendix B. Dimensions of the Sun, Moon and Planets
 * Appendix C. Mean elements of the planetary orbits for the epoch $1975$ January $0 \cdotp 5$ E.T.
 * Appendix D. Elements and dimensions of the Satellites
 * Appendix E. Ephemeris and Universal Time


 * Index