Instruments, Methods, Solar System

1.1.6 New and future developments....Pages 1-2
1.1.7 Updated list of large optical telescopes erected after 1960....Pages 2-12
1.2 Solar telescopes....Pages 12-16
1.3.9.1 Functioning of a CCD detector....Pages 17-20
1.3.9.2 Characteristic properties of modern CCD-detectors....Pages 20-26
1.3.9.3 CCD systems....Pages 26-27
References for 1.3.9.1 - 1.3.9.3....Pages 28-29
1.3.9.4 CCD data reduction....Pages 29-30
1.3.9.5 Photometry....Pages 31-33
References for 1.3.9.4 and 1.3.9.5....Pages 33-34
1.5 Spectrometers and spectrographs....Pages 34-35
1.6 Optical high-resolution methods....Pages 36-38
1.7 X-ray and gamma-ray instruments....Pages 38-40
1.8 Infrared techniques....Pages 41-49
1.9.1 Radio astronomy receivers....Pages 49-50
1.9.2 Radio telescopes....Pages 51-63
1.9.3 Data analysis and image processing....Pages 64-65
References for 1.9....Pages 65-67
2.1 Determination of astronomical latitude and longitude....Pages 68-73
2.2 Time determination....Pages 74-78
2.3 The system of astronomical constant....Pages 78-78
3.1.1.2 Solar interior....Pages 79-86
3.1.1.3 Solar energy spectrum....Pages 86-88
3.1.1.4 Solar photosphere and chromosphere....Pages 89-91
3.1.1.5 Solar transition region and quiet corona....Pages 91-93
3.1.1.6 Radio emission of the quiet sun....Pages 93-94
3.1.2.1 Active regions....Pages 94-96
3.1.2.2 11-year solar cycle....Pages 96-98
3.1.2.3 Sunspots....Pages 98-100
3.1.2.4 Faculae and plages....Pages 100-100
3.1.2.5 Prominences and ejecta....Pages 101-102
3.1.2.6 Coronal active region....Pages 102-103
3.1.2.7 Flares....Pages 103-105
3.1.2.8 Radio emission of the disturbed sun....Pages 106-109
3.2.1 Mechanical data of the planets and satellites....Pages 109-116
3.2.2.1 Introduction....Pages 116-117
3.2.2.5 Planetary and satellite atmospheres....Pages 118-122
3.2.2.6 Planetary magnetic fields....Pages 122-123
3.2.2.8 Planetary satellites....Pages 123-129
3.2.2.9 Planetary rings....Pages 129-132
References for 3.2.2....Pages 132-133
3.3.1 The asteroids (minor planets)....Pages 134-139
3.3.2 Meteors and meteorites....Pages 139-140
3.3.3.1 Mechanical data....Pages 141-154
3.3.3.2 Photometry; polarimetry....Pages 154-159
3.3.3.3 Spectroscopic observations....Pages 160-167
3.3.3.4 Nucleus....Pages 168-172
3.3.3.5 Coma....Pages 173-175
3.3.3.6 Tails....Pages 175-177
3.3.3.7 The nature of cometary dust....Pages 178-179
3.3.3.8 Laboratory studies and space experiments relevant to comets....Pages 179-180
References for 3.3.3....Pages 180-183
3.3.5.1 Gases of non-solar origin in the solar system....Pages 184-188
3.3.5.2 Interplanetary plasma and magnetic field (solar wind)....Pages 189-193
3.3.5.3 Energetic particles in interplanetary space....Pages 193-195
3.4.1 Introduction....Pages 196-197
3.4.6 Classification of solar system materials....Pages 197-198
3.4.7 The composition of chondritic meteorites....Pages 198-203
3.4.8 Meteorites and the composition of the solar photosphere....Pages 204-206
3.4.9 Nuclear abundances and their decomposition in nucleosynthetic components....Pages 207-220
References for 3.4....Pages 220-221