Seeing the Solar System
Telescopic Projects, Activities and Explorations in Astronomy
Published on 29. August 1991
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-471-53070-1 (ISBN)
Description
Designed for amateur astronomers, this handbook explains how readers can use telescopes to explore the nine planets and their moons, asteroids, meteors, the Moon and the Sun.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 185 mm
Weight
624 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-53070-1 (9780471530701)
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Content
Partial table of contents:; MOON, SUN, AND ECLIPSES; Tour of the Moon--Evening Crescent to First Quarter; Tour of the Moon--Twelve-Day-Old, Full, After Full; Lunar Maria; Lunar Transient Phenomena (LTP); Lunar Occultations; General Observations of the Sun; Sunspot Counts; Observations of Total Solar Eclipses; Enlargement of Earth's Shadow at Lunar Eclipses; PLANETS; Apparitions of Jupiter; The Great Red Spot; Eclipse Phenomena of the Galilean Satellites; Apparitions of Venus--Part 2; Cloud Features of Venus; Special Observations of Crescent Venus; Cloud Features of Saturn; Saturn's Rings Near Edgewise--Part 1; The Satellites of Saturn; The Different Kinds of Apparitions of Mars; The Light and the Topographic Surface Features of Mars; Atmospheric Phenomena of Mars; Surface Features of Mercury; Neptune and Triton; COMETS, ASTEROIDS, AND METEORS; General Observations of Comets; The Brightness of Comets; The Asteroids; Appendices; Glossary; Sources of Information; General Index; Crater Index.