Transient phenomena are short-lived astronomical events, unusual in a science in which time is more often measured in millennia than milliseconds. There is a fascination with transient phenomena, predictable or otherwise, that astronomers of all abilities share. In Meteors, Comets, Supernovae, Neil Bone gives guidelines for observers, including the best possible periods (months or years) to see seasonal but unpredictable phenomena like meteors and sunspots. Recording such outbursts involves visual observing techniques, photography, and even the relatively new field of the video recording of meteors, which are also examined in detail. The book also includes material about phenomena that occur in the lower atmosphere (such as "ozone eaters", nacreous clouds, solar and lunar haloes), which although not strictly astronomical in their nature attract the attention of dedicated sky-watchers.
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Astronomy is one of the few scientific fields in which the amateur participant, with no professional qualifications, can still make a valid contribution. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
solar longitude, reached mag, meteor observers, comet observers, great white spot, persistent trains, parent comet, lunar limb, amateur observers, ion tail, sunspot maximum, star atlas, auroral activity, auroral ovals, regular maximum, dedicated observers, dust tail, noctilucent clouds, storm peak, meteor stream, central meridian, flare activity, lunar occultations, eastern limb, meteor storm Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Observing Meteors, Solar System, British Isles, United States, Coronae Borealis, Journal of the British Astronomical Association, North America, Nova Cygni, Cambridge University Press, The Astronomer, Meteor Section, Hubble Space Telescope, Oort Cloud, Variable Star Section, Atmospheric Phenomena, Great Red Spot, Mark Armstrong, Sky Catalogue, Sky Publishing, Alpha Cephei, Andrew Elliott, Nova Herculis, Real Sky, The Observational Amateur Astronomer, Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt New!
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solar longitude, reached mag, meteor observers, comet observers, great white spot, persistent trains, parent comet, lunar limb, amateur observers, ion tail, sunspot maximum, star atlas, auroral activity, auroral ovals, regular maximum, dedicated observers, dust tail, noctilucent clouds, storm peak, meteor stream, central meridian, flare activity, lunar occultations, eastern limb, meteor storm Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Observing Meteors, Solar System, British Isles, United States, Coronae Borealis, Journal of the British Astronomical Association, North America, Nova Cygni, Cambridge University Press, The Astronomer, Meteor Section, Hubble Space Telescope, Oort Cloud, Variable Star Section, Atmospheric Phenomena, Great Red Spot, Mark Armstrong, Sky Catalogue, Sky Publishing, Alpha Cephei, Andrew Elliott, Nova Herculis, Real Sky, The Observational Amateur Astronomer, Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt New!
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- The Amateur Astronomer (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) by Patrick Moore on 5 pages
- The Observational Amateur Astronomer (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) by Patrick Moore on 4 pages
- The Sun in Eclipse (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) by Michael Maunder in Front Matter, and page 68
- The Solar System (with AceAstronomy™, Virtual Astronomy Labs Printed Access Card) by Michael A. Seeds on page 118, and page 133
- Star Atlas by Rh Value Publishing on page 38
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- Practical Astronomy by Storm Dunlop in Back Matter
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