Fundamentals of Astrometry. Kovalevsky, Jean. Pdf

Book Description
Astrometry encompasses all that is necessary to provide the positions and motions of celestial bodies. This includes observational techniques, instrumentation, processing and analysis of observational data, reference systems and frames, and the resulting astronomical phenomena. Astrometry is fundamental to all other fields of astronomy, from the pointing of telescopes, to navigation and guidance systems, to distance and motion determinations for astrophysics. Starting from basic principles, this book provides the fundamentals of astrometry at milli- and micro-arcsecond accuracies. An invaluable reference for graduate students and research astronomers.
About the Author
Kenneth Seidelmann is a Research Professor in the Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia. Until 2000, was Director of Astrometry of the U.S. Naval Observatory, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Maryland.

In 2000 Seidelmann retired from the U S Naval Observatory and became a research professor in the Astronomy Department of the University of Virginia. Seidelmann is coauthor of two books, Fundamentals of Astrometry and TIME, From Earth Rotation to Atomic Physics.