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Celestial Shadows = Eclipses, Transits, and Occultations /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Celestial Shadows/ by John Westfall, William Sheehan.
其他題名:	Eclipses, Transits, and Occultations /
作者:	Westfall, John.
其他作者:	Sheehan, William.
面頁冊數:	XXIV, 713 p. 239 illus., 11 illus. in color.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
標題:	Astronomy. -
電子資源:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1535-4
ISBN:	9781493915354

Celestial Shadows = Eclipses, Transits, and Occultations /
Westfall, John.

Celestial ShadowsEclipses, Transits, and Occultations /[electronic resource] :by John Westfall, William Sheehan. - 1st ed. 2015. - XXIV, 713 p. 239 illus., 11 illus. in color.online resource. - Astrophysics and Space Science Library,4100067-0057 ;. - Astrophysics and Space Science Library,410.

Preface -- Part I. The Diversity of Eclipse Events -- Eclipse Phenomena -- The Waltz of the Planets -- The Performers -- Part II. A Transit Chronicle -- The Beginnings -- Scaling the Heavens -- A Century of Progress and Disappointment - and Completion -- Our Own Venus Transit - The June Flowers of 2004 -- Part III. 2012 - Our Last Chance for a Venus Transit -- The 2012 Event -- Observing the 2012 Transit -- Mercury also Transits the Sun -- Transits Galore -- The Splendor of a Solar Eclipse -- The Beauty of a Lunar Eclipse -- Planetary Satellites -- Occultations - When Blocking the View is Helpful -- Appendices -- References -- Index. .

Much of what is known about the universe comes from the study of celestial shadows—eclipses, transits, and occultations. The most dramatic are total eclipses of the Sun, which constitute one of the most dramatic and awe-inspiring events of nature. Though once a source of consternation or dread, solar eclipses now lead thousands of amateur astronomers and eclipse-chasers to travel to remote points on the globe to savor their beauty and the adrenaline-rush of experiencing totality, and were long the only source of information about the hauntingly beautiful chromosphere and corona of the Sun. Long before Columbus, the curved shadow of the Earth on the Moon during a lunar eclipse revealed that we inhabit a round world. The rare and wonderful transits of Venus, which occur as it passes between the Earth and the Sun, inspired eighteenth century expeditions to measure the distance from the Earth to the Sun, while the recent transits of 2004 and 2012 were the most widely observed ever--and still produced results of great scientific value. Eclipses, transits and occultations involving the planets, their satellites, asteroids and stars have helped astronomers to work out the dimensions and shapes of celestial objects—even, in some cases, hitherto unsuspected rings or atmospheres—and now transits have become leading tools for discovering and analyzing planets orbiting other stars. This book is a richly illustrated account of these dramatic and instructive astronomica l phenomena. Westfall and Sheehan have produced a comprehensive study that includes historical details about past observations of celestial shadows, what we have learned from them, and how present-day observers—casual or serious—can get the most out of their own observations. .

ISBN: 9781493915354

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1535-4doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

593935
Astronomy.

LC Class. No.: QB1-991

Dewey Class. No.: 520

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