Total Solar Eclipses and How to Observe Them

2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-69827-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

Reihe: Astronomers' Observing Guides

There are some important eclipses coming up in the years ahead and the technology available to amateur astronomers is improving fast. Here is the ultimate, easy-to-read guide for eclipse-chasers. It includes everything an eclipse chaser needs to ensure that they have with them all the right equipment to observe or image a total solar eclipse. Coverage provides a checklist of where to go to see total solar eclipses for next 15 years. It provides a good feeling for what a trip abroad to an eclipse is like, including a humorous look at all that can and has gone wrong. Travel details are also included, essential in these days of high-security. The book also details a wealth of information about solar eclipses: how and why they happen, the physics of the Sun and solar system, and what can be observed only during a total eclipse.

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mobberley, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Allgemeines
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Sachbuch
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Sonnensystem: Sonne und Planeten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Eclipse Mechanisms, Statistics and Tracks.- Why Do Eclipses Occur?.- The Solar Atmosphere.- The Shadow of the Moon.- The Rugged Lunar Limb.- Shadow Bands and Other Phenomena.- Eclipses and Tracks 2008–2028.- Observing and Travelling to Total Solar Eclipses.- Safety First.- Eclipse Trips – The Real Experience.- Checklists and Travel Plans.- Video, Sketch and Savour the View!.- DSLRs and Digital Eclipse Photography.- Some Very Keen Eclipse Chasers.- The H-Alpha Revolution.

Über Autor(innen)

Martin Mobberley has a BSc Honours degree in Electronic Engineering from Brunel University, and is a former British Astronomical Association President and Goodacre Medallist.

He is also the author of Astronomical Equipment for Amateurs (1998) and The New Amateur Astronomer (2004); Lunar & Planetary Webcam User’s Guide (NYP); Supernovae and How to Observe them (NYP),. He has contributed chapters to three other Springer Practical Astronomy Series Books. He wrote the children’s book Space Navigator, and has published many papers in Astronomy Now, The Journal of the British Astronomical Association, The Astronomer, and Sky & Telescope.