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Index
International Astronomical Union (IAU), 58
Interstellar reddening, 15
IRAF, 2
IR flash, 99
Isotropic radiation, 13
J
J2000, 57
Jansky, 14
Jansky Karl, 205
JNow, 57
Johnson–Cousin, 17
Johnson–Morgan UVB, 17
Julian Calendar, 46
Julian Date, 48
Jupiter, 215
K
Kappa sigma clipping, 138
Kellner eyepiece, 33
Keplerian eyepiece, 33
Keplerian telescope, 25
Kepler Johannes, 47
Kepler space telescope, 41
Kernel filters, 144
Key, 184, 208
L
LIDAR, 6
Light, 9
Light curve folding, 178
Light frame, 84
Light pollution filter, 19
Limb darkening, 192
Linearity of CCD, 93
Liverpool telescope, 6
Local Sidereal Time (LST), 50, 58
LOFAR, 206
Longitude and latitude, 54
Long-slit spectrometer, 198
Low-Noise Amplifiers, 207
LRGB, 142
Lucky imaging, 128
Luminance, 142
Luminosity, 13
Lunt, 190
Lyman α, 12
Lyman Lines, 12
Lyman series, 12
M
Magnetohydrodynamic, 190
Magnification, 24
Main sequence, 21
Mapping the milky way, 210
Master bias, 108
Master bias frames, 108
Master flats, 109
Mathematical filters, 135
MaxImDL, 2
Maximum well capacity, 97
Mean Solar Time, 47
Mean stacking, 137
Measuring camera gain, 97
Median stacking, 137
Meridian, 47, 53, 105
Meridian flip, 30
Messier catalogue, 69
Messier Marathon, 123
Metadata, 83
Metallicity, 118
Methane, 202
Minor planet centre, 72, 218
Monocentric eyepiece, 34
Monument London, The, 31
Moon, 46
Mylar, 189
N
Nadir, 55
Narrow-band filters, 18
Neutral density filter, 19, 189
Neutrinos, 184
Neutron star, 206
Newtonian, 27
Newton, Sir Isaac, 4, 47
Nodes, 192
Nonlinear stretch, 139
North pole, 53
Nutation, 57
O
Observer’s horizon, 55
Observing the sun, 188
Occultation, 129
Off-chip binning, 82
Omnidirectional antennas, 207
On-chip binning, 80
Open clusters, 115
OPERA experiment, 164
Orthoscopic eyepiece, 33
Outliers, 163
Index
International Astronomical Union (IAU), 58
Interstellar reddening, 15
IRAF, 2
IR flash, 99
Isotropic radiation, 13
J
J2000, 57
Jansky, 14
Jansky Karl, 205
JNow, 57
Johnson–Cousin, 17
Johnson–Morgan UVB, 17
Julian Calendar, 46
Julian Date, 48
Jupiter, 215
K
Kappa sigma clipping, 138
Kellner eyepiece, 33
Keplerian eyepiece, 33
Keplerian telescope, 25
Kepler Johannes, 47
Kepler space telescope, 41
Kernel filters, 144
Key, 184, 208
L
LIDAR, 6
Light, 9
Light curve folding, 178
Light frame, 84
Light pollution filter, 19
Limb darkening, 192
Linearity of CCD, 93
Liverpool telescope, 6
Local Sidereal Time (LST), 50, 58
LOFAR, 206
Longitude and latitude, 54
Long-slit spectrometer, 198
Low-Noise Amplifiers, 207
LRGB, 142
Lucky imaging, 128
Luminance, 142
Luminosity, 13
Lunt, 190
Lyman α, 12
Lyman Lines, 12
Lyman series, 12
M
Magnetohydrodynamic, 190
Magnification, 24
Main sequence, 21
Mapping the milky way, 210
Master bias, 108
Master bias frames, 108
Master flats, 109
Mathematical filters, 135
MaxImDL, 2
Maximum well capacity, 97
Mean Solar Time, 47
Mean stacking, 137
Measuring camera gain, 97
Median stacking, 137
Meridian, 47, 53, 105
Meridian flip, 30
Messier catalogue, 69
Messier Marathon, 123
Metadata, 83
Metallicity, 118
Methane, 202
Minor planet centre, 72, 218
Monocentric eyepiece, 34
Monument London, The, 31
Moon, 46
Mylar, 189
N
Nadir, 55
Narrow-band filters, 18
Neutral density filter, 19, 189
Neutrinos, 184
Neutron star, 206
Newtonian, 27
Newton, Sir Isaac, 4, 47
Nodes, 192
Nonlinear stretch, 139
North pole, 53
Nutation, 57
O
Observer’s horizon, 55
Observing the sun, 188
Occultation, 129
Off-chip binning, 82
Omnidirectional antennas, 207
On-chip binning, 80
Open clusters, 115
OPERA experiment, 164
Orthoscopic eyepiece, 33
Outliers, 163