Transit.

Michael and Patrick Moore Maunder

ISBN 10: 1852336218 / ISBN 13: 9781852336219

Published by Springer Verlag, 1999

About this Item

Gebraucht - Gut Zustand: Gut, Mängelexemplar, VIII, 164 pp. 35 figs. About this book: Although transits of planets across the Sun are rare (only Mercury and Venus orbit the Sun closer than us, and so can transit the Sun s disc) amateur astronomers can observe, record and image other kinds of transit, which are very much more frequent. Transit is in two parts, the first telling the fascinating story of the early scientific expeditions to observe transits. The second part is for practical observers, and explains how to observe transits of all sorts - even transits of aircraft as they fly between the observer and the Sun! Written for amateur astronomers and astronomy students.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Transit.
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1852336218
• ISBN 13: 9781852336219
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Gut

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Synopsis

Although transits of planets across the Sun are rare (only Mercury and Venus orbit the Sun closer than us, and so can transit the Sun's disc) amateur astronomers can observe, record and image other kinds of transit, which are very much more frequent. Transit is in two parts, the first telling the fascinating story of the early scientific expeditions to observe transits. The second part is for practical observers, and explains how to observe transits of all sorts - even transits of aircraft as they fly between the observer and the Sun!