David Levy's Guide to Eclipses, Transits, and Occultations
by David H. LevyFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-09-27
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
David Levy inspires readers to experience the wonder of eclipses for themselves in this guide for beginners and practised observers.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| The Magic and History of Eclipses: | |
| Shakespeare, King Lear, and the Great Eclipse of 1605 | |
| Three centuries later: Einstein, relativity, and the solar eclipse of 1919 | |
| What causes solar and lunar eclipses | |
| Observing Solar Eclipses: | |
| Safety considerations | |
| What to expect during a partial eclipse | |
| Annular eclipses and what to see in them | |
| Total eclipse of the Sun: introduction to the magic | |
| The onset: temperature drop, Baily's Beads, Diamond Ring | |
| Totality: Corona, Prominences, Chromosphere, and surrounding area | |
| Photographing and imaging a solar eclipse | |
| Observing Lunar Eclipses: | |
| Don't forget the penumbral eclipses! | |
| Partial lunar eclipses | |
| Total lunar eclipses | |
| Photographing and imaging lunar eclipses | |
| Occultations: | |
| When the Moon occults a star | |
| Transits: | |
| When planets cross the Sun | |
| My Favorite Eclipses: | |
| A personal canon of eclipses, occultations, and transits I have seen | |
| Appendices | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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