Explanatory supplement to the Astronomical almanac
By: prepared by the Nautical Almanac Office, U.S. Naval Observatory ; with contributions from H.M. Nautical Alamanac Office, Royal Greenwich Observatory ... [et al.] ; edited by P. Kenneth Seidelmann.
Contributors: Seidelmann, P. Kenneth.; United States Naval Observatory. Nautical Almanac Office.; Great Britain. Nautical Almanac Office.
Edition: [Rev. ed.].
Publisher: University Science Books
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Mill Valley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 752
Subjects: Nautical almanacs.
Other titles: Astronomical almanac for the year ... Supplement.
Description: "The Explanatory Supplement provides a detailed description of how to perform practical astronomy or spherical astronomy, how the computations for the Astronomical Almanac are performed, and the underlying information required by someone using the Almanac or wanting to perform related computations."--BOOK JACKET. "This completely revised and rewritten edition of the Explanatory Supplement is an authoritative source on astronomical phenomena and calendars and includes details for FK5 J2000.0 reference system and transformations; details on celestial and terrestrial coordinate systems; current values of astrometric quantities; explanation of eclipse of Sun and Moon computations; details of time scales and their relationships; and detailed descriptions of ephemerides and characteristics of the planets."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A revision to the Explanatory supplement to The Astronomical ephemeris and The American ephemeris and nautical almanac."