Mars and How to Observe It

• Main Author: Grego, Peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Astronomers' Observing Guides,
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

Mars has long been a favorite subject for astronomers, both amateur and professional. Known as the Red Planet because of its distinct color, it shines brightly in the skies when it is closest to the Earth every two years. Exciting to view through a telescope, this most Earth-like of planets transfor...

Table of Contents:

• About the Author
• Introduction
• Section I: Our Current Knowledge of Mars
• Chapter 1: Fourth Rock from the Sun
• Chapter 2: History of the Red Planet
• Chapter 3: Stuff and Substance
• Chapter 4: Atmospherics, Meteors, and Magentic Field
• Chapter 5: The Martian Moons
• Chapter 6: A Topographic Survey of Mars
• Section II: Observing Mars
• Chapter 7: Following Mars
• Chapter 8: A Tour of Mars
• Chapter 9: Recording Mars
• Chapter 10: An Observer's Guide to Martian Apparitions
• Chapter 11: The Mars Observer's Equipment
• Glossary
• Index.