Practical astronomy with your calculator or spreadsheet

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Authors Peter Duffett-Smith, Jonathan Zwart

Publication date 18 February 2011

zbMATH Keywords

spreadsheetpocket calculatorpractical astronomy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) Physics, astronomy, technology, engineering (aspects of mathematics education) (97M50) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to astronomy and astrophysics (85-01) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to astronomy and astrophysics (85-04)

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Describes a project that uses

Uses Software

• Excel
• moonsun
• OpenOffice Calc

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