Supernovae and How to Observe Them

• Main Author: Mobberley, Martin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Series: Astronomers’ Observing Guides,
• Subjects: Popular works.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Supernovae mark the deaths of massive stars or of white dwarfs in binary systems, and are unbelievably violent events. Even when they occur in galaxies millions of light years away they can be within the reach of amateur astronomers’ telescopes. More than 400 supernovae have already been discovered...

Table of Contents:

• Supernovae: Physics and Statistics
• Supernova Physics
• Supernovae to Measure the Universe
• Supernovae in Our Neighborhood
• The Top 100 Extragalactic Supernovae
• Supernovae: A Threat to Life on Earth
• Observing and Discovering Supernovae
• Supernovae as Visual Variable Stars
• Supernova Photometry and Light Curves
• Supernova Spectroscopy
• Amateur Supernova Hunting in the 21st Century
• The Discoverers Themselves
• Searching the Messier Galaxies
• Searching the Caldwell Galaxies
• Observing Supernova Remnants.