For many astronomers, the holy grail of observation is to discover a comet, not least because comets always bear the name of their discoverer! Hunting and Imaging Comets was written for comet hunters and digital imagers who want to discover, rediscover, monitor, and make pictures of comets using astronomical CCD cameras and DSLRs. The old days of the purely visual comet hunter are pretty much over, but this is not to say that amateurs have lost interest in finding comets. The books also covers the discovery of comet fragments in the SOHO image data, CCD monitoring of older comets prone to violent outbursts, the imaging of new NEOs (Near Earth Objects) that have quite often been revealed as comets - not asteroids - by amateur astronomers, and the finding of recent comets impacting Jupiter.
| Autorius: | Martin Mobberley |
| Serija: | The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series |
| Leidėjas: | Springer US |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2010 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 408 |
| ISBN-10: | 1441969047 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781441969040 |
| Formatas: | Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
| Žanras: | Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment and methods |
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