BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1: AN OVERVIEW -- THE SCOPE OF ASTRONOMY -- MAPPING THE SKY -- NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE -- THE CELESTIAL SPHERE -- CELESTIAL COORDINATE SYSTEMS -- THE HORIZON SYSTEM -- THE ECLIPTIC SYSTEM -- THE EQUATORIAL SYSTEM -- THE GALACTIC SYSTEM -- THE CONSTELLATIONS AND OTHER SKY DIVISIONS -- CONSTELLATIONS OF THE ZODIAC -- NEW CONSTELLATIONS: 16TH-20TH CENTURIES -- THE DECANS AND LUNAR MANSIONS -- STAR NAMES AND DESIGNATIONS -- ANCIENT STAR MAPS -- MODERN STAR MAPS AND CATALOGS -- SURVEY AND ZONE MAPS, AND CATALOGS -- FUNDAMENTAL CATALOGS -- PHOTOMETRIC CATALOGS -- PHOTOGRAPHIC STAR ATLASES -- ATLASES FOR STARGAZING -- CHAPTER 2: ASTRONOMICAL TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS -- OBSERVATIONS -- SOLID COSMIC SAMPLES -- THEORETICAL APPROACHES -- DETERMINING ASTRONOMICAL DISTANCES -- PARALLAX -- LUNAR PARALLAX -- SOLAR PARALLAX -- STELLAR PARALLAX -- DIRECT MEASUREMENT -- INDIRECT MEASUREMENT -- DISTANCES TO GALAXIES -- KEY ASTRONOMICAL FINDINGS -- STUDY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM -- STUDY OF THE STARS -- STUDY OF THE MILKY WAY GALAXY -- STUDY OF OTHER GALAXIES AND RELATED PHENOMENA -- COSMOLOGY -- ASTROBIOLOGY -- CHAPTER 3: ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS AND THEIR MOTIONS -- CELESTIAL MECHANICS -- EARLY THEORIES -- KEPLER'S LAWS OF PLANETARY MOTION -- NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION -- PERTURBATIONS AND PROBLEMS OF TWO BODIES -- THE APPROXIMATE NATURE OF KEPLER'S LAWS -- PERTURBATIONS OF ELLIPTICAL MOTION -- EXAMPLES OF PERTURBATIONS -- THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM -- THE RESTRICTED THREE-BODY PROBLEM -- ORBITAL RESONANCES -- CHAOTIC ORBITS -- THE N- BODY PROBLEM -- NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS -- ALGEBRAIC MAPS -- TIDAL EVOLUTION -- CHAPTER 4: OBSERVATORIES AND TELESCOPES -- ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE OPTICAL TELESCOPE -- REFRACTING TELESCOPES -- LIGHT GATHERING AND RESOLUTION -- REFLECTING TELESCOPES.

THE SCHMIDT TELESCOPE -- MULTIMIRROR TELESCOPES -- SPECIAL TYPES OF OPTICAL TELESCOPES -- RADIO TELESCOPES -- DEVELOPMENT OF THE RADIO TELESCOPE -- PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION -- RADIO INTERFEROMETRY AND APERTURE SYNTHESIS -- VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY -- RADAR TECHNIQUES -- MAJOR APPLICATIONS OF RADIO TELESCOPES -- NOTABLE RADIO TELESCOPES -- OTHER TYPES OF TELESCOPES -- INFRARED TELESCOPES -- ULTRAVIOLET TELESCOPES -- X-RAY TELESCOPES -- GAMMA-RAY TELESCOPES -- ADVANCES IN AUXILIARY INSTRUMENTATION -- CAMERAS -- SPECTROGRAPHS -- PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES -- CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES -- CHAPTER 5: ASTRONOMERS THROUGH THE AGES -- ANCIENT -- NABU-RIMANNI -- SOSIGENES OF ALEXANDRIA -- 17th CENTURY -- JOHN BAINBRIDGE -- GIUSEPPE CAMPANI -- EUSTACHIO DIVINI -- JOHANNES FABRICIUS -- HANS LIPPERSHEY -- CHRISTIAN LONGOMONTANUS -- NICCOLÒ ZUCCHI -- 18TH CENTURY -- JAMES BRADLEY -- GEORGE DOLLOND -- JOHN DOLLOND -- PETER DOLLOND -- JOHN HADLEY -- CHESTER MOOR HALL -- PIERRE MECHAIN -- SAMUEL MOLYNEUX -- GEORG VON REICHENBACH -- JAMES SHORT -- 19TH CENTURY -- GIOVANNI BATTISTA AMICI -- FRANCIS BAILY -- PETER BARLOW -- WILHELM BEER -- ALEXIS BOUVARD -- RICHARD CARRINGTON -- SETH CARLO CHANDLER -- CLARK FAMILY -- JOHN DALLMEYER -- WILLIAM DAWES -- HENRI-ALEXANDRE DESLANDRES -- GIOVANNI DONATI -- HENRY DRAPER -- NILS CHRISTOFER DUNÉR -- STEPHEN GROOMBRIDGE -- ASAPH HALL -- PETER HANSEN -- KARL LUDWIG HARDING -- KARL LUDWIG HENCKE -- THOMAS HENDERSON -- JAMES LICK -- CLAUDE-LOUIS MATHIEU -- JOHANN PALISA -- GIUSEPPE PIAZZI -- JOHN POND -- ISAAC ROBERTS -- WILLIAM PARSONS, 3RD EARL OF ROSSE -- SAMUEL SCHWABE -- FÉLIX TISSERAND -- CHARLES YOUNG -- FRANZ XAVER VON ZACH -- 20TH CENTURY -- WALTER ADAMS -- ROBERT AITKEN -- HAROLD AND HORACE BABCOCK -- I.S. BOWEN -- ERNEST BROWN -- ROBERT HANBURY BROWN -- WILLIAM W. COBLENTZ -- ANDRÉ-LOUIS DANJON -- AUDOUIN DOLLFUS.

ROBERT EMDEN -- JOHN EVERSHED -- GEORGE ELLERY HALE -- HENDRIK VAN DE HULST -- KARL JANSKY -- SIR BERNARD LOVELL -- BERNARD LYOT -- SETH NICHOLSON -- CHARLES PERRINE -- JOHN PLASKETT -- GROTE REBER -- HERBERT TURNER -- YRJÖ VÄISÄLÄ -- CHAPTER 6: THE IMPACT OF ASTRONOMY -- IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS -- COMPUTERS -- ROCKETS AND SPACECRAFT -- WIDE IMPACT -- APPENDIX A: BEYOND TELESCOPES: OTHER ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTATION -- ALMUCANTAR -- ARMILLARY SPHERE -- ASTROLABE -- BINOCULARS -- CELESTIAL GLOBE -- COELOSTAT -- CORONAGRAPH -- HELIOSTAT -- MILLS CROSS -- ORRERY -- RADIO INTERFEROMETER -- SIDEROSTAT -- APPENDIX B: NOTABLE OBSERVATORIES AND TELESCOPES -- ARECIBO OBSERVATORY -- CERRO TOLOLO INTER-AMERICAN OBSERVATORY (CTIO) -- CRIMEAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY -- EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY (ESO) -- HALE OBSERVATORIES -- GEORGE ELLERY HALE TELESCOPE -- JODRELL BANK OBSERVATORY -- KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY (KPNO) -- KUIPER AIRBORNE OBSERVATORY -- LICK OBSERVATORY -- MAUNA KEA OBSERVATORY -- MCDONALD OBSERVATORY -- MOUNT STROMLO AND SIDING SPRING OBSERVATORIES -- MOUNT WILSON OBSERVATORY -- NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY (NRAO) -- PALOMAR OBSERVATORY -- ROYAL GREENWICH OBSERVATORY -- STONEHENGE -- UNITED STATES NAVAL OBSERVATORY (USNO) -- URANIBORG -- VERY LARGE ARRAY (VLA) -- YERKES OBSERVATORY -- APPENDIX C: CONSTELLATIONS -- APPENDIX D: SELECT GROUND- BASED OPTICAL TELESCOPES -- APPENDIX E: SELECT RADIO TELESCOPES -- FILLED-APERTURE TELESCOPES -- ARRAYS -- GLOSSARY -- FOR FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.