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Over the years I have encountered a number of excellent books which were either to serve as texts for practical courses or as general handbooks for the use of amateur astronomers. /pdfrw_0 16 0 R 2009 Snowbird particle astrophysics and cosmology workshop, Squeezing in the audio gravitationalwave detection band, Recycling in laser-interferometric gravitational-wave detectors, Beitrge zur optik trber medien, speziell kolloidaler Metallsungen, Thermal agitation of electric charge in conductors, Photoelectric spectrophotometry of stars suitable for standards, High-contrast observations in optical and infrared astronomy, Probability, random variables, and stochastic processes, Gravitational radiation from point masses in a Keplerian orbit, Numerical recipes: the art of scientific computing, Identification of energetic heavy nuclei with solid dielectric track detectors: applications to astrophysical and planetary studies, (for SNO Collaboration) (2009). <00a900200069006e00200074006800690073002000770065006200200073006500720076006900630065002000430061006d00620072006900640067006500200055006e00690076006500720073006900740079002000500072006500730073> Tj /pdfrw_0 51 0 R Applications of the spherical triangle; 5. /Annots [ << Some may find this book a bit dated as it pertains to charts, but the contents are solid and covered in enough detail to delight the more serious amateur. /MediaBox [ 0 0 535 835.65000 ] We also thank Joseph Eitter for several images and data used in preparing several plots. 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