The Measurement of Starlight
Subtitle: Two Centuries of Astronomical Photometry
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 22, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 525
ISBN-13: 9780521018289
Subjects: History of science; Stars; Science; Science/Mathematics; History; Star Observation; Astronomical photometry--History; Astronomical photometry--History Astronomical; Nature-Star Observation; Science / History; Photographic measurements; Astronomical photometry
First sentence: The earliest record to give quantitative information on the brightness of the stars is in Books VII and VIII of the Almagest by Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy) (c. AD 100 - c. AD 170).