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2nd. ed.

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Intro -- Dedication -- Foreword 1 (to First Edition) -- Preface (2nd Springer Edition) -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Getting Started -- 1.1 What Is Lightcurve Photometry? -- 1.2 A Tale of Two Cities -- Chapter 2: Targets of Opportunity -- 2.1 Asteroids -- 2.1.1 Rotation Periods: Long, Short, and In-Between -- 2.1.2 Determine the Size, Shape, and Spin Axis Orientation of Asteroids -- 2.1.3 Search for Binary or Other Unusual Asteroids -- 2.1.4 Determine the H and G Values of Asteroids -- 2.1.5 Assist Radar Observations of Asteroids -- 2.1.6 Remove Observational Biases -- 2.1.6.1 The Fight Against Size, Distance, and Rapid Flight -- 2.1.6.2 The Extremely Fast, Tediously Slow, and Difficult Tumblers -- 2.1.7 About Those Surveys That Are Going to Put Amateurs Out of Business -- 2.2 Variable Stars -- 2.2.1 What's In a Name? -- 2.2.2 Extrinsic Variable Stars -- 2.2.3 Intrinsic Variable Stars -- 2.2.4 Eruptive Variable Stars -- 2.3 Eclipsing Binary Stars (Extrinsic Variables) -- 2.3.1 Orbit Shape (Eccentricity) -- 2.3.2 Orbital Inclination -- 2.3.3 Reflection Effect -- 2.3.4 Limb Darkening -- 2.3.5 Times of Minimum (or Maximum) -- 2.4 Cataclysmic Variables -- 2.5 Cepheids and RR Lyrae Variables -- 2.6 Long Period (Mira) Variables -- 2.7 Semi-Regular Variables -- 2.8 Other Targets -- 2.8.1 Exoplanets -- 2.8.2 Novae and Supernovae -- 2.8.3 Data Mining -- 2.9 Summary -- References -- Chapter 3: The Photon Brigade -- 3.1 Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) -- 3.1.1 Photons to Photoelectrons -- 3.1.2 Time Delay and Integration (TDI) -- 3.1.3 Analog-to-Digital Conversion -- 3.1.3.1 A-D-U, Not Adieu -- 3.1.4 Read Noise and Dark Current -- 3.1.5 Full Well Depth and Linearity -- 3.1.6 Binning and Linearity -- 3.1.6.1 The Downside of Binning -- 3.1.7 Anti-Blooming Versus Non-anti-Blooming Chip -- 3.1.8 Front-Illuminated Versus Back-Illuminated CCD Chips

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