Download or read book Spherical Astronomy written by Robin Michael Green and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1985-10-31 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory textbook assumes no prior knowledge of classical astronomy but is sufficiently comprehensive to be useful as a background reference work. It provides the essential background on mathematical technique and coordinate systems and discusses in detail, refraction, aberration, stellar parallax, precession, nutation and proper motion.