Selected Exercises in Galactic Astronomy
Galactic Astronomy is, and for some time to come will certainly remain, one of the more important items in the astronomy curricula. There are at present a number of excellent text-books and monographs covering the whole subject or certain of its aspects.
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ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE LIBRARY A SERIES OF BOOKS ON THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF SPACE SCIENCE AND OF GENERAL GEOPHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS PUBLISHED IN CONNECTION WITH THE JOURNAL SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS
Editorial Board J.
E.
BLAMONT,
R. L. F.
Laboratoire d'Aeronomie, Verrieres, France
BOYD,
University College, London, England
L. GOLDBERG, Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. C. DE JAGER,
Z.
KOPAL,
University of Utrecht, Holland
University of Manchester, Manchester, England
G. H. LUDWIG, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., U.S.A. R. LUST, Institiit fiir Extraterrestrische Physik, Garsching-Miinchen, Germany B. M. MCCORMAC,
Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif., U.S.A.
H. E. NEWELL, NASA, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. L. I. SEDOV, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Z.
SVESTKA,
Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Ondfejov, Czechoslovakia
Secretary of the Editorial Board W.
DE GRAAFF,
Sterrewacht 'Sonnenborgh', University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Holland
VOLUME 26
1. ATANASIJEVIC
SELECTED EXERCISES IN GALACTIC ASTRONOMY
D. REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY DORDRECHT-HOLLAND
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 73-159652 ISBN-13: 978-94-010-3113-4 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-010-3111-0
e-ISBN-13: 978-94-010-3111-0
All Rights Reserved Copyright © 1971 by D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1971
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION GENERAL REFERENCES
I II III IV V VI VII VIII
Determination of the Position of the Galactic Equator The Apparent Distribution and the Colors of the Globular Clusters Determination of the Vertex of the Hyades Cluster Solar Motion and Velocity Distribution of a Group of Stars The Distribution of the Residual Velocities: A Numerical Method The Asymmetry of Stellar Motions The Theory of Galactic Rotation The Determination of the Galactic Orbit of a Star
VII
XI
20 32 49 65 73
83 107
APPENDIX I
132
APPENDIX II
135
INDEX OF NAMES
141
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
142
INTRODUCTION
Galactic Astronomy is, and for some time to come will certainly remain, one of the more important items in the astronomy curricula. There are at present a number of excellent text-books and monographs covering the whole subject or certain of its aspects. It seems however that there is not a single book where at least some of the more important problems dealt with in text-books and university courses would be presented in the form of laboratory exercises. This short series of exercises represents an attempt to fill this gap. What is, in general, the aim of such exercises? As to this point, the author fully agrees with Prof. Minnaert's opinion that "No natural science should ever be taught without practical work. Students in astronomy should have regular exercises, not so much to teach them observing skill, but mainly to bring before thei
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