Visually observing comets. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David A.J. Seargent.
• Authors: Seargent, David A. J (David Allan John), 1947-
• Contents: Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; Part I: Introducing Comets; Chapter 1: Comets Throughout History; Chapter 2: Comets in€Motion; Chapter 3: Toward the€Modern Understanding of€Comets; Chapter 4: The Formation of€Tails; Chapter 5: The Origin of€Comets; Theories Based on€Interstellar Origin; Theories Based on€Solar System Origin; Chapter 6: A Reservoir of€Comets!; Part II: The Role of Visual Comet Observers in the Age of CCDs; Chapter 7: The Value of€Visual Observing in€a€Photo-Happy World; Chapter 8: Visual Comet Hunting; Chapter 9: Observing Known Comets. What Instruments Are Most Suitable for€Visual Comet Observing? Knowing Which Comets Are Visible and€How to€Find Them; Chapter 10: The Coma: How to€Estimate Its Brightness and€Record Its Features; Estimating the€Brightness of€a€Comet; The Sidgewick, or In-Out Method; The Morris, or Modified Out Method; The Bobrovnikov, or Out-Out Method; The Beyer, or Extra-Focal Extinction Method; The In-Focus Method; Sometimes Innovation Is Required!; Steady Evolution and€Sudden Outbursts in€Brightness; Diameter of€the€Coma; Degree of€Condensation of€Coma; Other Coma Features That May Be€Visible. Chapter 11: Observing the€Tails of€Comets: What to€Look For€and€Record Length of€Tail; Position Angle (PA) of€the€Tail; Features to€Look For€in€the€Tail; Tail Rays; Disconnection Events (DEs) and€Other Irregularities; Features Sometimes Displayed by Dust Tails; But If Striae Are Not Synchrone Streamers, What Are They?; Tail Spines and€"Shadow of€the€Nucleus"; Those Mysterious "Coruscations"!; Looking For€an€Anti-Tail; Chapter 12: Recording and€Reporting Your Observations; Part III: The Nuts and Bolts of Comet Observing. Chapter 13: Relatively Bright Comets Predicted to€Return from€2016 to€2027 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova; 2P/Encke; 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak; 21P/Giacobini-Zinner; 38P/Stephan-Oterma; 46P/Wirtanen; 2P/Encke; 88P/Howell; 15P/Finlay; 6P/d'Arrest; 19P/Borrelly; 103P/Hartley; 2P/Encke; 144P/Kushida; 12P/Pons-Brooks; 13P/Olbers; 24P/Schaumasse; 10P/Tempel; 2P/Encke; 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova; Chapter 14: 29P/Schwassmann-ƯWachmann, an€"Outbursting" Comet to€Watch; Chapter 15: Some Prominent Visual Comet Discoverers; The Pioneer Comet Hunters; Charles Messier (1730-1817). Pierre Mechain (1744-1804) Caroline Herschel (1750-1848); Jean-Louis Pons (1761-1831); Comet Hunters of€the€Later Nineteenth and€Early Twentieth Centuries; Comet Hunters of€the€Late Twentieth and€Twenty-First Centuries; Chapter 16: The Kreutz Sungrazing Comet Group: A€Special Opportunity for€Visual Comet Hunters?; Chapter 17: Numbered Observable Short- Period Comets; Chapter 18: Unnumbered Short-Period Comets; Appendix A: Atmospheric Extinction Tables; Appendix B: The€Phase Angle of€a€Comet; Appendix C: "Lost" Short-Period Comets; Appendix D: Lunar Phases 2017-2027; Glossary of Terms.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 523.6; 500; Comets -- Observers' manuals; SCIENCE -- Astronomy; Comets; Popular Science; Popular Science in Astronomy; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; Planetology; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319454351; 3319454358
• Related ISBNs: 9783319454344; 331945434X
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 27, 2017).
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