Total Solar Eclipses and How to Observe Them

There are some important eclipses coming up in the years ahead and the technology available to amateur astronomers is improving fast. Here is the ultimate, easy-to-read guide for eclipse-chasers. It includes everything an eclipse chaser needs to ensure that they have with them all the right equipment to observe or image a total solar eclipse. Coverage provides a checklist of where to go to see total solar eclipses for next 15 years. It provides a good feeling for what a trip abroad to an eclipse is like, including a humorous look at all that can and has gone wrong. Travel details are also included, essential in these days of high-security. The book also details a wealth of information about solar eclipses: how and why they happen, the physics of the Sun and solar system, and what can be observed only during a total eclipse.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Springer
Published: 09/19/2007
ISBN: 9780387698274
Pages: 202
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.10w x 0.51d

Review Citations: Choice 02/01/2008 pg. 1182