Overview
- This new edition provides updated advice to amateur astronomers on how to observe the Sun using digital vs. film cameras
- Includes more than twice the illustrations and many of them new that explain and illustrate solar phenomena in detail
- Describes advances in image processing since the first edition was published
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series (PATRICKMOORE)
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This title concentrates on providing practical, on-the-spot advice to the amateur astronomer who is interested in observing the Sun, using commercially available equipment. This book surveys what is visible on the Sun, before describing how to record solar features and measure solar activity levels. There is also an account of how to use H-alpha and Calcium-K filters to observe and record prominences and other features of the solar chromosphere, the Sun's inner atmosphere. Because we are just entering a period of high activity on the Sun, following a long, quiet period, many more amateur astronomers will become interested in observing it.
The second edition includes an update of Chapter 2 to reflect advances in solar observing equipment since 2002, and a section on building a solar projection box, originally included in the main body of this chapter has been moved to Appendix A. Also Chapter 6 thru 8 have been completely revised to give amateur astronomers advice on how to use film to photograph the Sun, and how to use digital cameras. This new edition also includes more than twice as many illustrations as the first and almost half of them new images.
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“In Macdonald’s book the reader finds different methods and a variety of equipment that can be used for observing our nearest star without any damage to their eyesight and also gets ideas on what to do with the observations. … I found the book very useful … . If you’re thinking of starting to observe the Sun, this is a great book to get more information about all the available options.” (Kadri Tinn, AstroMadness.com, September, 2014)Authors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: How to Observe the Sun Safely
Authors: Lee Macdonald
Series Title: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3825-0
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-3824-3Published: 06 July 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-3825-0Published: 06 July 2012
Series ISSN: 1431-9756
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6562
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXV, 214
Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations, 55 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Popular Science in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Astroparticles