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Transit: When Planets Cross the Sun
Tells the story of the early scientific expeditions to observe transits and explains how to observe transits of all sorts - even transits of aircraft as they fly between the observer and the Sun.
Introduction.- Part 1 - Transits Down the Ages: The Moving Planets. Transits: Why and When. Edmond Halley and the Distance of the Sun. Transits of Mercury. Venus: the Transit of 1639. The Transit of 1761. Captain Cook and the Transit of 1769. Venus: the Transits of 1874. Venus: the Transit of 1882. The Story of Vulcan. Other Kinds of Transits. Transits from Elsewhere.- Part 2 - Observing Transits. Your Safety. Observing the Sun - Full-aperture Filters. Projecting the Sun's Image. Observing Transits. Photographing Transits. Data Capture and Manipulation.- Appendices.
Specifications
| Pm Supplier | Springer Verlag |
|---|---|
| Pm Publisher | Springer Nature |
| Pm Isbn 10 | 1852336218 |
| Pm Isbn 13 | 9781852336219 |
| Pm Publication Date | 1999-10-01 |
| Pm Width | 156 |
| Pm Author | Maunder, M, Moore, P |
| Pm Height | 10 |
| Pm Longness | 240 |
- Author: Maunder, M, Moore, P
- Page Count: 164
Transit: When Planets Cross the Sun
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SKU: 107247
- Author: Maunder, M, Moore, P
- Page Count: 164
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