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Observing Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, and the Zodiacal Light

Observing Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, and the Zodiacal Light

Edberg, Stephen J.
Levy, David

Paperback

Series: Practical Astronomy Handbooks, Book 5

Astronomy & Space

ISBN10: 0521066271
ISBN13: 9780521066273
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Apr 29 2008
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
If you are an amateur astronomer, and comets, asteroids, meteors, and the zodiacal light are your quarry, then this is the book for you. Comet observers can learn how to make visual estimates of brightness and size, and how to make photographic studies of cometary heads and tails. Asteroid hunters will find a life list of objects and guidelines on how to search for them and then how to photograph or electronically image them. Practical photographic and electronic methods for studying meteors and meteor showers are provided. Visual and photographic techniques show you how to examine the often elusive zodiacal light. The more adventurous are provided with advanced techniques on how to make successful astrometric, spectroscopic and electronic observations. David Levy is the author of The Sky: A User's Guide (CUP, 1991). Both authors have had asteroids named after them.

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