New Eyes on the Sun A Guide to Satellite Images and Amateur Observation /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Wilkinson, John (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Σειρά: Astronomers' Universe,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Planetology.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

Information collected by satellites recently sent by the USA, the European Space Agency, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Russia to monitor the Sun has changed our knowledge and understanding of the Sun, particularly its effect on Earth. This book presents these findings in a way that will be...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 Warming to the Sun
• 2 Probing the Sun
• 3 Activity in the photosphere
• 4 Activity in the chromosphere and corona
• 5 Eclipses and Transits
• 6 Observing the Sun
• 7 Satellite images of the Sun
• 8 Space weather
• 9 The Sun and Earth’s climate
• 10. The Sun and stars
• About the author
• Glossary
• Index.