N. James, G. North
Observing Comets
Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
▶ In one book, everything you need to know about discovering and
observing comets!
▶ The only book to feature the latest amateur equipment and
techniques
▶ The accompanying PC-format CD-ROM provides many resources,
including a comet image gallery, and orbital and ephemeris
programs
2003, X, 234 p. 550 illus. With CD-ROM.
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Since comet Shoemaker-Levy collided with the planet Jupiter with stupendous force
in 1994 there has been an upsurge of amateur interest in comets. Most comets are first
discovered by amateur astronomers because there are so many amateurs looking for
them, and techniques and instruments have improved dramatically in the past few years.
After a short but detailed introduction to the comets themselves Nick James and
Gerald North describe comet hunting, photographing and imaging comets, and digital
image processing. The use of computers for orbital calculations and even helping to
discover new comets is given a full chapter, as are advanced techniques including comet
photometry and spectroscopy.
This comprehensive book has an accompanying CD-ROM and is at once a "primer" for
comet hunters and a reference text for more advanced amateur astronomers.
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