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Transit When Planets Cross the Sun

When Planets Cross the Sun

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. Michael Maunder
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  2. Patrick Moore
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  • Patrick Moore tells the fascinating and often bizarre story of the early transit expeditions
  • The book gives practical advice on observing and recording all kinds of transit

Part of the book series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series (PATRICKMOORE)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Transits down the Ages

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Moving Planets

      • Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore
      Pages 3-12

    3. Transits:Why and When?

      • Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore
      Pages 13-16

    4. Edmond Halley and the Distance of the Sun

      • Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore
      Pages 17-21

    5. Transits of Mercury

      • Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore
      Pages 23-27

    6. Venus: The Transit of 1639

      • Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore
      Pages 29-36

    7. The Transit of 1761

      • Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore
      Pages 37-46

    8. Captain Cook and the Transit of 1769

      • Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore
      Pages 47-61

    9. Venus: The Transit of 1874

      • Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore
      Pages 63-69

    10. Venus: the Transit of 1882

      • Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore
      Pages 71-74

    11. The Story of Vulcan

      • Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore
      Pages 75-82

    12. Other Kinds of Transits

      • Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore
      Pages 83-94

    13. Future Transits

      • Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore
      Pages 95-109

  3. Observing Transits

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Your Safety

      • Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore
      Pages 113-118

    3. Observing the Sun: Full-Aperture Filters

      • Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore
      Pages 119-126

    4. Projecting the Sun’s Image

      • Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore
      Pages 127-134

    5. Observing Transits

      • Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore
      Pages 135-146

    6. Photographing Transits

      • Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore
      Pages 147-154
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About this book

Although transits of planets across the Sun are rare (only Mercury and Venus orbit the Sun closer than us, and so can transit the Sun's disc) amateur astronomers can observe, record and image other kinds of transit, which are very much more frequent. Transit is in two parts, the first telling the fascinating story of the early scientific expeditions to observe transits. The second part is for practical observers, and explains how to observe transits of all sorts - even transits of aircraft as they fly between the observer and the Sun!

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Transit When Planets Cross the Sun

  • Book Subtitle: When Planets Cross the Sun

  • Authors: Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore

  • Series Title: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0373-8

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-85233-621-9Published: 01 October 1999

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-0373-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-9756

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-6562

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 164

  • Number of Illustrations: 104 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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