Venus and Mercury, and How to Observe Them

• Main Author: Grego, Peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: Astronomers’ Observing Guides,
• Subjects: Popular works.; Planetology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Mercury and Venus - known as the "inferior planets" because they are closer to the Sun than the Earth is - have always been regarded as difficult and even dangerous targets for amateur astronomers. Recent advances in commercially-made instruments have, however, brought them within range of...

Table of Contents:

• – A Perspective on Mercury and Venus
• – A Perspective on Mercury and Venus
• Current Knowledge of Mercury and Venus
• Our Current Knowledge of Mercury
• Our Current Knowledge of Venus
• Observing Mercury and Venus
• Equipment for Observing Mercury and Venus
• Recording Mercury and Venus
• Observing Mercury
• Observing Venus.