Observing Meteors, Comets, Supernovae and Other Transient Phenomena (Practical Astronomy)
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Book Description
Transient phenomena are short-lived astronomical events, unusual in a science in which time is more often measured in millennia than milliseconds. There is a fascination with transient phenomena, predictable or otherwise, that astronomers of all abilities share. In Meteors, Comets, Supernovae, Neil Bone gives guidelines for observers, including the best possible periods (months or years) to see seasonal but unpredictable phenomena like meteors and sunspots. Recording such outbursts involves visual observing techniques, photography, and even the relatively new field of the video recording of meteors, which are also examined in detail. The book also includes material about phenomena that occur in the lower atmosphere (such as "ozone eaters", nacreous clouds, solar and lunar haloes), which although not strictly astronomical in their nature attract the attention of dedicated sky-watchers.
Book Info
Presents a detailed but thoroughly readable text discussing the best way to observe, photograph, or otherwise record transient events associated with meteors, aurorae and other atmospheric phenomena, the sun, moon, & planets, asteroids, comets variable stars, novae and supernovae. Paper. DLC: Astronomy - Amateurs' manuals.
Observing Meteors, Comets, Supernovae and Other Transient Phenomena (Practical Astronomy)
Observing Meteors, Comets, Supernovae and other transient Phenomena (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series),Neil Bone,Springer,1852330171,Amateurs' manuals,Astronomy,Astronomy - General,Comets,Cosmology,Meteors,Observations,Science,Science/Mathematics,Cosmology & the universe,Popular astronomy,Science / Astronomy
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