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    Elementary Positional Astronomy Supported by PC Software Programs
    Elementary Positional Astronomy Supported by PC Software Programs
    Elementary Positional Astronomy Supported by PC Software Programs
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    Elementary Positional Astronomy Supported by PC Software Programs

    By ArturoandRaffaele Chiesa

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    The Positional Astronomy is the science describing the position of an object in the sky and its movement in the celestial sphere.
    In this book the argument is treated in a plain but exhaustive and rigorous way, allowing also the beginners to easily approach this subject.
    Each chapter of the book deals with a specific matter, such as the definition of the geocentric sphere and the system of coordinates to be adopted, the movements of the celestial bodies in the sky, their rising, setting and meridian passage conditions, and so on, driving the reader step by step and allowing a complete understanding of the main celestial phenomena.
    The last chapter summarizes the subjects treated in the previous chapters, by presenting several examples of applications referred to celestial phenomena observable in the sky in the year 2012.
    The examples can also be reproduced thanks to a PC software developed by the Authors, and containing graphical and text programs, which show the behaviour of the celestial bodies in the sky. Several screenshots taken from the software are reported here, and the relevant program is always quoted.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArturoandRaffaele Chiesa
    Release dateFeb 20, 2012
    ISBN9781465865465
    Elementary Positional Astronomy Supported by PC Software Programs
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    ArturoandRaffaele Chiesa

    Arturo Chiesa is a Doctor in Physics, graduated at Milano University and his son Raffaele is an Electronic Engineer from Milano Polytechnic University. For more than thirty years Arturo and Raffaele have been working in the fields of celestial navigation and elementary astronomy. They give seminars and lectures on celestial navigation and elementary astronomy in Italy and Switzerland and they lead stages on sailing yachts along the main routes of the Mediterranean Sea and beyond. Arturo and Raffaele's aim has always been the creation of calculation and graphical software with a view to greatly simplifying the work of yachtsmen and astronomy hobbyists. Some good friends of them, ocean navigators, currently use their programs and they have always appreciated their suggestions and feedback.

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      Elementary Positional Astronomy Supported by PC Software Programs - ArturoandRaffaele Chiesa

      Elementary Positional Astronomy

      Supported by PC Software Programs

      By Arturo and Raffaele Chiesa

      Copyright 2012 Arturo and Raffaele Chiesa

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      Table of Contents

      Abstract

      Chapter I – The Geocentric Model

      I.1 - The terrestrial and the celestial spheres

      I.2 - The ecliptic and the ascending and descending nodes. Definition of the equatorial coordinates of a celestial body: declination Dec (δ) and Right Ascension (R.A.) or SHA*. First system of coordinates

      Chapter II – The Diurnal Rotation of the Terrestrial Sphere inside the Celestial Sphere. The Hour Angle of the Aries Point and the Sidereal Time

      II.1 – Definition of the Hour Angle of the Aries point

      II.2 - Definition of the Sidereal time and sidereal day

      II.3 - Calculation

      Chapter III - -The Hour Angles of the Celestial Bodies Referred to a Terrestrial Meridian. Fixed Bodies and Wandering Bodies

      III.1 - The Hour Angles of the celestial bodies referred to the terrestrial meridians

      III.2 -The Hour Angles of the wandering bodies (Sun, Moon, planets)

      Chapter IV - -Times of the Meridian Passages of the Bodies. Fixed Bodies and Wandering Bodies

      IV.1 - The formulas

      IV.2 - Applications

      IV.3 – A graphical display of the Local Hour Angles

      Chapter V – The Sub Point of a Celestial Body. Its Terrestrial Coordinates

      Chapter VI – The Model of the Spherical Triangle of Position. Degeneration at the Meridian Passage of the Body

      VI.1 - Construction and meaning of the spherical triangle of position on the terrestrial sphere

      VI.2 - Configurations of the triangle of position taken by the Sun in the morning and afternoon of the June and December solstices.

      VI.3 - Degeneration of the triangle of position at the passage of the body at the meridian

      Chapter VII – Bodies Rising and Setting, Circumpolar or Always Below the Horizon

      VII.1 - Bodies always above the horizon (circumpolar bodies) and bodies always below the horizon

      VII.2 - Two different ways of the meridian passages of the circumpolar bodies

      VII.3 - A summary about the conditions of visibility of the celestial bodies

      Chapter VIII – The Circle of Position

      Chapter IX - -Examples and Applications

      IX.1 - Terrestrial coordinates – program REVERSE

      IX.2 - The Missing Moon in the Year 2012

      IX.3 – Fixed bodies assuming three times the same azimuth in the same day

      IX.4 - Local Mean Time of Meridian Passage of the Planets for the Year 2012

      IX.5 – Some images of the sky

      About the Authors

      Abstract

      The Positional Astronomy is the science describing the position of an object in the sky and its movement in the celestial sphere.

      In this book the argument is treated in a plain but exhaustive and rigorous way, allowing also the beginners to easily approach this subject.

      Each chapter of the book deals with a specific matter, such as the definition of the geocentric sphere and the system of coordinates to be adopted, the movements of the celestial bodies in the sky, their rising, setting and meridian passage conditions, and so on, driving the reader step by step and allowing a complete understanding of the main celestial phenomena.

      The last chapter summarizes the subjects treated in the previous chapters, by presenting several examples of applications referred to celestial phenomena observable in the sky in the year 2012.

      The examples can also be reproduced thanks to a PC software developed by the Authors, and containing graphical and text programs, which show the behaviour of the celestial bodies in the sky. Several screenshots taken from the software are reported here, and the relevant program is

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