Appendix A Appendix A Amateur and Professional Organizations If a website addresses given here is no longer current, a search on the organiza- tion’s name should lead to its new address. Table A.1. Amateur and professional organisations Name Address American Association of Variable Star Observers http://www.aavso.org/ – Observing manual http://www.aavso.org/observing/programs/ccd/manual/CCD_Manual_2010.pdf Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) http://alpo-astronomy.org/index.htm – Minor Planets Section http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/minor/ – Magnitude Alert Project http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/minor/MAP_database_1.htm – Minor Planet Bulletin http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/mpb/default.htm The Association of Space Explorers http://www.space-explorers.org/ The Astronomer http://www.theastronomer.org/index.html Astronomical League http://www.astroleague.org/index.html – Asteroid Club http://www.astroleague.org/al/obsclubs/asteroid/astrclub.html – A Guide to Asteroid Observing http://www.astroleague.org/al/obsclubs/asteroid/astrcobs.html – What’s up Doc ? http://www.astronomyclub.org/wud.htm B612 Foundation http://www.b612foundation.org/ British Astronomical Association (BAA) http://britastro.org/baa/ – Asteroids and Remote Planets Section http://britastro.org/asteroids/ European Asteroidal Occultation Network (EAON) http://astrosurf.com/eaon/ French Astronomical Society (Société Astronomique http://astrosurf.com/planetessaf/index_en.htm de France – SAF) – Occultations, Eclipses and Transits http://astrosurf.com/planetessaf/occultations/index_en.htm International Astronomical Union (IAU) http://www.iau.org/ International Meteor Organisation (IMO) http://www.imo.net/ International Occultation Timing Association (IOTA) http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/iotandx.htm Italian Organisation of Minor Planet Observers http://asteroidi.uai.it/ (Union Astrofili Italiani – UAI) – Follow-Up Astrometric Program (FUAP) http://asteroidi.uai.it/fuap.htm The Meteoritical Society http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/ Orbit@home http://orbit.psi.edu/ Planetary Society http://www.planetary.org/home/ Royal Astronomical Association of New Zealand http://www.rasnz.org.nz/ 209 Appendix B Resources Listed here are books, websites, and mailing lists that will help the reader to further his or her knowledge of the topics covered in this book. Meteorites and comets are included in the ‘Books’ section, since the former, more often than not, originate from asteroids, and an interest in one form of small Solar System body often leads on to another. We haven’t attempted to list telescopes or imagers, as there are just too many combinations (and too many manufacturers and suppliers) to do so, as you will have seen from the examples in this book and the multiplicity of advertisements in astronomy magazines and on the Internet. To help you make your choice do talk to the more experienced amateurs, go to your local astronomy group, or contact your national organization, who will be able to give you advice. Appendix B Books Asteroids and Dwarf Planets Table B.1. Books – asteroids and dwarf planets Title Author/Editor Publisher Date Asteroids III W. F. Bottke Jr., A. Cellino, University of Arizona Press 2002 P. Paolicchi and R. P. Binzel Asteroids, Comets and Meteorites: Cosmic Invaders of Earth J. Erickson Checkmark Books 2003 Asteroid Rendezvous: Near Shoemaker’s Adventures at Eros J. Bell and J. Mitton Cambridge University Press 2002 Asteroids, Their Nature and Utilization C.T. Kowal Wiley 1996 Beyond Pluto J. Davies Cambridge University Press 2001 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – 4th Edition L. D. Schmadel Springer 1999 Doomsday Asteroid – Can We Survive D. W. Cox and J. H. Chestek Prometheus 1996 Hazards due to Comets and Asteroids T. Gehrels University of Arizona Press 1995 The Hunt for Planet X – New Worlds and the Fate of Pluto G. Schilling Springer 2009 Introduction to Asteroids C. J. Cunningham Willman-Bell 1988 Mitigation of Hazardous Comets and Asteroids M. Belton, T. H. Morgan, N. Cambridge University Press 1994 Samarasinha and D. K Yeomans Planets Beyond: Discovering the Outer Solar System M. Littman Dover 2004 Pluto and Charon, Ice Worlds on the Ragged Edge of the Solar System A. Stern and J. Mitton John Wiley and Sons Ltd. 2005 Rogue Asteroids and Doomsday Comets D. Steel John Wiley and Sons Ltd. 1995 The Solar System beyond Neptune M.A. Barucci, H.Boehnhardt, University of Arizona Press 2008 D.P. Cruikshank and A.Morbidelli Target Earth D. Steel Time-Life 2000 211 Tools and Techniques Table B.2. Books – tools and techniques Title Author/Editor Publisher Date The Art and Science of CCD Astronomy D. Ratledge Springer 1997 The Backyard Astronomers Guide – 3rd Edition T. Dickinson and A. Dyer Firefly Books 2008 Digital Astrophotography – The State of the Art D. Ratledge Springer 2005 Electronic Imaging in Astronomy – Detectors and Instrumentation. I. S. McLean Springer 2008 2nd Edition Fundamentals of Astrometry J. Kovalevsky and Cambridge University Press 2004 K. Seidelmann The Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing. 2nd Edition R. Berry and J. Burnell Willman-Bell 2005 Introduction to Astronomical Photometry. 2nd Edition E. Budding and O. Dermircan Cambridge University Press 2007 Introduction to Digital Astrophotography: Imaging the Universe R. Reeves Willmann-Bell 2005 with a Digital Camera Measuring Variable Stars Using a CCD Camera. A Beginner’s Guide D. Boyd British Astronomical Association 2006 The New Amateur Astronomer M. Mobberley Springer 2004 A Practical Guide to CCD Astronomy P. Martinez and A. Klotz Cambridge University Press 1998 A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis B. D. Warner Bdw Publishing 2003 Setting up a Small Observatory: From Concept to Construction David Arditti Springer 2008 Stargazing Basics – Getting Started in Recreational Astronomy P. E. Kinzer Cambridge University Press 2008 Appendix B Comets Table B.3. Books – comets Title Author/Editor Publisher Date Cometary science after Hale-Bopp, Vols. I & II H. Boehnhardt, M. Combi, Kluwer Academic Publishers 2002 M. R. Kidger and R. Schulz Comet of the Century – from Halley to Hale-Bopp F. Schaff Springer 1997 Cometography, A Catalogue of Comets Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 G. W. Kronk Cambridge University Press 1999–2009 Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life P. J. Thomas, C. F. Chyba and Springer 2006 C. P. McKay Comet Science J. Crovisier and T. Encrenaz Cambridge University Press 2000 David Levy’s Guide to Observing and Discovering Comets D. H. Levy Cambridge University Press 2003 The Great Comet Crash: The Collision of Comet J. R. Spencer and J. Mitton Cambridge University Press 1995 Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter Great Comets R. Burnham Cambridge University Press 2000 Introduction to Comets J. C. Brandt and R. D. Chapman Cambridge University Press 2004 Observing Comets N. James and G. North Springer 2003 Meteor(s/ides/ites) Table B.4. Books – meteor(s/ides/ites) Title Author/Editor Publisher Date The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Meteorites O. R. Norton Cambridge University Press 2002 David Levy’s Guide to Observing Meteor Showers D. H. Levy Cambridge University Press 2008 Falling Stars: A Guide to Meteors and Meteorites M. D. Reynolds Stackpole Books 2001 212 Table B.4. (Continued) Title Author/Editor Publisher Date Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites O. R. Norton and L. A Chitwood Springer 2008 The Heavens on Fire M Littmann Cambridge University Press 1998 Meteorites – A Journey Through Space and Time A. Bevan and J. de Laeter Smithsonian Institute Press 2003 Meteorites and Their Parent Planets H. Y. McSween Cambridge University Press 1999 Meteors and How to Observe Them R. Lunsford Springer 2009 Meteorites, Messengers From Space F. Heide and F. Wlotzka Springer 1995 Meteorites – Their Impact on Science and History B. Zanda and M. Rotaru Cambridge University Press 2001 Meteors N. Bone Philip’s 1993 Orbital Motion Table B.5. Books – orbital motion Title Author/Editor Publisher Date Fundamentals of Celestial Mechanics, 2nd Edition J. M. A. Danby Willman-Bell 1992 Orbital Motion A. E. Roy Institute of Physics 1988 Solar System Dynamics C. D. Murray and S. F. Dermott Cambridge University Press 1999 Theory of Orbit Determination G. Gronchi and Andrea Milani Cambridge University Press 2009 Appendix B People Table B.6. Books – people Title Author/Editor Publisher Date Clyde Tombaugh, Discoverer of Planet Pluto D. H. Levy University of Arizona Press 1991 Shoemaker by Levy – The Man Who Made an Impact D. H. Levy Princeton 2000 Solar System Table B.7. Books – solar system Title Author/Editor Publisher Date The Compact NASA Atlas of the Solar System R. Greeley and R. Batson Cambridge University Press 1997 Encyclopedia of the Solar System – 2nd Edition L.-A. McFadden, P. R. Weissman and T. V. Johnson Academic Press 2007 Websites An Internet search on ‘asteroids’ will yield over 650,000 hits – a few too many to include here! 213 Amateur Astronomers and Observatories Table B.8. Websites – amateur astronomers and observatories Name Address Ansbro E. – Kingsland Observatory http://www.kingslandobservatory.com/Kingsland/Welcome.html Birtwhistle P. – Great Shefford Observatory http://www.birtwhistle.org/ Cahill A. http://www.mountabbeydale.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Črni Vrh Observatory http://www.observatorij.org/ Fletcher J, – Mount Tuffley Observatory http://www.jfmto.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Higgins D. – Hunters Hill Observatory http://www.david-higgins.com/Astronomy/index.htm Hunter T. – Grasslands Observatory http://www.3towers.com/ James N. http://www.britastro.org/iandi/obsjames.htm