Meteors and How to Observe Them

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lunsford, Robert. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Series: Astronomers' Observing Guides,
• Subjects: Science (General).; Planetology.; Astrophysics.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09461-8

ASTRONOMERS OBSERVING GUIDES provide up-to-date information for amateur astronomers who want to know all about what it is they are observing. This is the basis of the first part of the book. The second part details observing techniques for practical astronomers, working with a range of different in...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• An Introduction to Meteorics
• Sporadic Meteors
• Major Annual Showers
• Minor Annual Showers
• Visible Showers
• Daytime Showers
• New Showers?- Observing Meteor Showers
• Meteor Activity Throughout the Year
• Meteor Groups and Organizations
• Meteor Shower Calendar
• Lunar Conditions for the Major Annual Showers at Maximum Activity 2008-2040
• Glossary
• Index.