Aurora

Neil Bone

ISBN 10: 0387360522 / ISBN 13: 9780387360522

Verlag: Springer New York, Springer US Jun 2007, 2007

Beschreibung

This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This new book addresses a gap in the literature, offering an explanation of the aurora's causes, how the occurrence of major events may now be predicted, and how amateur observers can go about recording displays. This is the first serious book about aurora written for practical but non-professional observers. It provides a concise accessible description of the various auroral forms and how to record them, illustrated with color images of recent displays. It contains details of 'Space Weather' forecasting websites, how to interpret and use the information given on these, and how to anticipate auroral activity.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 196 pp. Englisch.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780387360522

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Aurora
• Verlag: Springer New York, Springer US Jun 2007
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0387360522
• ISBN-13: 9780387360522
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 235B x 155 H x 11 T Millimeter Breite: 235 mm, Höhe: 155 mm, Tiefe: 11 mm
• Gewicht: 304 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

This new book addresses a gap in the literature, offering an explanation of the aurora's causes, how the occurrence of major events may now be predicted, and how amateur observers can go about recording displays. This is the first serious book about aurora written for practical but non-professional observers. It provides a concise accessible description of the various auroral forms and how to record them, illustrated with color images of recent displays. It contains details of 'Space Weather' forecasting websites, how to interpret and use the information given on these, and how to anticipate auroral activity.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Neil Bone is the author of Deep Sky Observer's Guide, Philip's/Firefly (2004); Mars Observer's Guide, Philip's/Firefly (2003); Guide to the Constellations, Astronomy Now/Polestar (2002); Observing Meteors, Comets, Supernovae and other Transient Phenomena, Springer (1998); Observer's Handbook: Meteors Philip's/Sky (1993); The Aurora: Sun-Earth Interactions, Ellis Horwood (1991), Second Edition Wiley/Praxis (1996), as well as numerous articles and papers.