Meteors and How to Observe Them. 1st ed. 2009

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電子ブック

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by Robert Lunsford

出版情報:

New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009

著者名:

• Lunsford, Robert.
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シリーズ名:

Astronomers' Observing Guides ;

ISBN:

9780387094618 [038709461X]    

注記:

An Introduction to Meteorics -- Sporadic Meteors -- Major Annual Showers -- Minor Annual Showers -- Variable Showers -- Daytime Showers -- New Showers? -- Observing Meteor Showers -- Meteor Activity Throughout the Year -- Meteor Groups and Organizations.
ASTRONOMERS’ OBSERVING GUIDES provide up-to-date information for amateur astronomers who want to know all about what it is they are observing. This is the basis of the first part of the book. The second part details observing techniques for practical astronomers, working with a range of different instruments. Have you ever been on the beach at night, watching the sky overhead, and seen streaks of light against the background of stars? Though many people still refer to these as shooting stars, they are, of course, not stars. They are meteors—small chunks of rock and ice debris from disintegrating comets that are careening through our Solar System and sometimes enter Earth’s atmosphere. Most are so small that they burn up as they enter the atmosphere. These are called meteors. In a meteor shower, many meteors can be seen streaking across the sky in a short time. A few meteors make it through intact and descend to Earth as meteorites. Watching these beautiful streaks of light in the sky can be an exciting pastim

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