Total eclipses : science, observations, myths and legends /

Total eclipses : science, observations, myths and legends /

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Author / Creator:Guillermier, Pierre, 1960-
Imprint:London ; New York : Springer ; Chichester, UK : Praxis, c1999.
Description:xxviii, 247 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Springer-Praxis series in astronomy and astrophysics
Subject:
Solar eclipses.
Astronomy.
Eclipses.
Folklore.
History.
Observations.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4179382
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Other authors / contributors:Koutchmy, Serge.
ISBN:1852331607 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-239) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • List of illustrations and tables
  • List of colour plates
  • 1. The Sun: Our Local Star
  • The Sun as a star
  • Solar radiation
  • The internal structure of the Sun
  • The Sun's chemical composition
  • The photosphere
  • The chromosphere
  • The corona
  • Solar activity
  • Solar cycles
  • Sun-Earth interactions
  • Day and night
  • The tides
  • Climate
  • Space weather
  • The Sun and space missions
  • Skylab
  • Solar Max Mission
  • Ulysses
  • Yohkoh
  • SOHO
  • Cluster
  • TRACE
  • The future and death of the Sun
  • 2. How to Observe the Sun
  • Observing the photosphere in white light
  • Precautions for solar observing
  • The projection method
  • The Herschel wedge
  • Full-aperture filters
  • The Wolf Number (relative sunspot number)
  • Parameters of photospheric activity
  • Total spot surface calculation
  • Proper motion of spots
  • Observing prominences
  • The Lyot coronagraph
  • The H[alpha] filter
  • 'Pro-am' collaboration in solar observation
  • Other solar phenomena
  • The zodiacal light
  • The gegenschein
  • The rainbow
  • The green flash
  • Parhelia (sundogs)
  • Solar halos
  • Polar aurorae
  • Equipment for observing
  • Tripods, altazimuth mounts and equatorial mounts
  • The refractor
  • The reflector
  • The spectroheliograph
  • The coelostat and the heliostat
  • The observing site
  • Solar photography
  • Solar spectroscopy
  • 3. Eclipses of the Sun and Moon
  • Eclipses and celestial mechanics
  • The motions of the Sun
  • The motions of the Earth
  • The motions of the Moon
  • Celestial motions and eclipses
  • Celestial mechanics and eclipses
  • Eclipses of the Sun
  • The significance of solar eclipses
  • Examples of solar eclipses: total, annular, partial
  • Eclipses of the Moon
  • In the shadow of the Earth
  • The significance of lunar eclipses
  • Observing a lunar eclipse
  • Eclipse calculation program
  • 4. Historical Eclipses and Discoveries
  • Myths and legends
  • Eclipses of the Moon in history
  • The fall of Constantinople
  • Columbus's lunar eclipse
  • Eclipses of the Sun in history
  • Eclipses in literature
  • The eclipse of Christ's Crucifixion
  • Prince Igor's eclipse
  • Tintin's eclipse
  • Nat Turner's eclipse
  • Eclipses and early discoveries
  • Twentieth-century eclipses
  • Eclipses in flight
  • Why aircraft?
  • Early post-war eclipse flights
  • The aircraft comes into its own
  • The epic flight of Concorde 001
  • Other observing platforms
  • Filming eclipses
  • 5. Observing Total Eclipses of the Sun
  • Preparation and travel
  • Accessibility of the observing site
  • Duration of the event
  • Weather prospects
  • Equipment
  • The eclipse scenario
  • An observing programme for the amateur
  • First contact
  • The Moon meets the Sun
  • The Moon moves across the Sun
  • Falling light levels
  • Fall in temperature
  • Shadow bands
  • Baily's Beads
  • Second contact: totality
  • The shadow arrives
  • Darkness
  • Prominences
  • The chromosphere
  • Stars and planets appear
  • The solar corona
  • Possible comets
  • Abnormal animal behaviour
  • Third contact
  • The shadow departs
  • Reappearance of a fraction of the solar disk
  • Fourth contact
  • Disappearance of the Moon's disk
  • Amateur observations from an aircraft
  • 6. Photographing Eclipses of the Sun and Moon
  • Photographing solar eclipses
  • Preparing for the eclipse
  • Equipment
  • A photographic programme
  • First contact
  • Second contact: totality
  • Third contact
  • Fourth contact
  • Photographing lunar eclipses
  • Equipment
  • A photographic programme
  • Exposure times
  • Drawing lunar eclipses
  • Filming lunar eclipses
  • Appendix A. Energy and neutrinos
  • The origin of solar energy
  • Chemical energy
  • Gravitational energy
  • Nuclear energy
  • The neutrino problem
  • Appendix B. Eclipses and coronal physics
  • An outline of the physical study of the Sun's corona
  • Morphological analysis of coronal structures
  • Theory
  • Practical aspects
  • Discussion
  • Quantitative photometric analysis of densities
  • General case and homogeneous case
  • The case of large structures
  • Analysis of fine structures
  • Introduction
  • Sheets and discontinuities
  • Surges, fibrils and plasmoids
  • Temperatures in the corona
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Appendix C. Computer program for solar and lunar eclipse dates
  • Appendix D. The eclipse of 11 August 1999
  • The track of the Moon's shadow on 11 August 1999
  • General characteristics
  • Countries through which the track passes
  • Appendix E. Eclipses of the Sun and Moon until 2010
  • Total, annular and partial eclipses of the Sun
  • Eclipses of the Moon
  • Addresses and bibliography
  • Magazines and journals
  • Travel agencies offering eclipse trips
  • Some Internet addresses
  • NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
  • Programs for simulation and image processing
  • Planetaria in the British Isles
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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