Cataclysmic Cosmic Events 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 US, 2009.
• Series: Astronomers' Observing Guides,
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

ASTRONOMERS’ OBSERVING GUIDES provide up-to-date information for amateur astronomers who want to know all about what it is they are observing. This is the basis of the first part of the book. The second part details observing techniques for practical astronomers, working with a range of different in...

Table of Contents:

• Cataclysmic Variables
• Novae and Recurrent Novae
• Solar Flares, Giant Prominences, and Flare Stars
• Bright Supernovae and Hypernovae
• Active Galaxies
• Gamma Ray Bursters
• How to Do Visual and CCD Photometry.