The measurement of starlight : two centuries of astronomical photometry
A well-illustrated historical survey of the science of measuring the brightness and colours of stars - for professional astronomers, amateur astronomers and historians of science.
History
xiv, 511 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780521403931, 0521403936
228665974
Preface; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; 1. Early stellar magnitudes; 2. Visual estimates of stellar magnitudes and colour; 3. Visual photometry; 4. Photographic photometry, 1839–1922; 5. The origins of photoelectric photometry; 6. Photometry at longer wavelengths; 7. Photographic photometry from 1922; 8. Photometry and the birth of astrophysics; 9. Photoelectric photometry with the photomultiplier tube; 10. Photometry with electronic area detectors; Sources of illustrations; Index of names; Index of star names; Index of subjects.
Includes indexes