Cataclysmic Cosmic Events and How to Observe Them

by Martin Mobberley

In the Victorian era - or for non-British readers, the mid-to-late nineteenth century - amateur astronomy tended to center on Solar System objects. The Moon and planets, as well as bright comets, were the key objects of interest. The brighter variable stars were monitored, but photography was in its infancy and digital imaging lay a century in the future. Today, at the start of the twenty-first century, amateurs are better equipped than any professionals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B01GOB1YT4
• ISBN13: 9780387799452
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.6" x 7.0"