Spherical Astronomy - Part 1
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In this BAS Spherical Astronomy Series, listen to Dr. Akarsh, take us through the mathematics involved to calculate the position of a Star or a DSO to decent precision from its Catalog co-ordinates.
References :
1. Lots of Wikipedia articles (many of them are very well written and explanatory; I recommend looking at them for concepts and at Meeus for calculations.
2. "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus
Other references on the subject that are not used:
3. Explanatory supplement to the astronomical almanac [An older version of this available on the Internet Archive:
Dr. B. S. Shylaja used to give an Astrophysics 101 course to REAP students at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru.
The slides are available here: