Observing Meteors, Comets, Supernovae and other Transient Phenomena
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Springer London
1999, 1999
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1999 |
| Series: | The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Meteors
- 2.1 The Leonids: A Storm Coming?
- 2.2 The Perseids: The Unexpected Rise of “Old Faithful”
- 2.3 Other Showers in Outburst
- 2.4 Fireballs
- 3 Aurorae and other Atmospheric Phenomena
- 3.1 Auroral Storms
- 3.2 Noctilucent Clouds
- 3.3 Synthetic Atmospheric Phenomena
- 4 The Sun
- 4.1 Observing the Sun in White Light
- 4.2 Monochromatic-light Observations: The Sun in Hydrogen-alpha
- 4.3 Solar Eclipses
- 5 The Moon
- 5.1 Transient Lunar Phenomena
- 5.2 Lunar Occultations
- 5.3 Lunar Eclipses
- 6 The Planets
- 6.1 Venus
- 6.2 Mars
- 6.3 Jupiter
- 6.4 Saturn
- 6.5 Planetary Occultations
- 7 Small Bodies of the Solar System
- 7.1 Asteroids
- 7.2 The Galilean Satellites of Jupiter
- 7.3 Saturn’s Satellites
- 8 Comets
- 8.1 The Nature and Origin of Comets
- 8.2 Comet Discoveries
- 8.3 Observing Comets
- 8.4 Comets in Outburst
- 8.5 Ion-tail Disconnections
- 8.6 The Great Comets of 1996 and 1997
- 9 Variable Stars
- 9.1 Eclipsing Binaries
- 9.2 Cataclysmic Variables
- 9.3 Recurrent Novae
- 9.4 R Coronae Borealis Stars
- 10 Novae and Supernovae
- 10.1 Novae
- 10.2 Supernovae
- 11 Information Sources
- 11.1 Atlases
- 11.2 Catalogues
- 11.3 Ephemerides, Annual Handbooks and News Sources
- 11.4 Software
- 11.5 The Internet