Easy PC Astronomy Peter Duffett-Smith University of Cambridge Price: AUD$75.95
Status 1 - 2 week delivery
Bindings: Pack Date of Publication: 24/10/1996 Bibliographic Description: 1996 247 x 174 mm 166pp 26 line diagrams 45 exercises
Easy PC Astronomy is the book for all those who want to make astronomical calculations easily and accurately. A simple but powerful script language called AstroScript is provided on a disk with the book, ready to use on any IBM PC-type computer. Equipped with this the user can make complex calculations within minutes, with no expert knowledge of astronomy, maths or computer-programming. The Sky Graphics facility displays a detailed image of the sky as seen from any point on earth, at any time in the future or past (showing the constellations, planets, and a host of other features), and updated minute by minute, if desired. Full details of the calculations (and formulae) are provided in the book, together with a glossary of astronomical terms. Easy PC Astronomy is of immediate practical use to amateur astronomers (from novice to advanced), students (in secondary school or university), science teachers and research astronomers. Software is supplied on a 1.44 MByte high-density 3.5 inch I
Contents Preface; Introduction; Programming in AstroScript; Time; The Celestial Sphere; Orbits; Sky Displays; Appendix A (AstroScript commands, General housekeeping commands, Input commands, Calculation commands, Display commands, Complex commands); Appendix B (The configuration file Setup.dat); Appendix C (Variables held in the data bank); Bibliography; Glossary of astronomical terms; Index; disk included for IBM PC-type computers.
Key Features
Allows user to make accurate astronomical calculations in minutes using a simple but powerful programming language (AstroScript)
Software supplied on disk with book, ready to use on any IBM PC-type computer
Requires virtually no expertise in astronomy, maths or computer-programming
Of immediate practical use to amateur a
`Duffett-Smith´s book and diskette are to be very highly recommended in this competitive market to serious students particularly.´ Irish Astronomical Journal
