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Author Bone, Neil, 1959-

Title Aurora : observing and recording nature's spectacular light show / Neil Bone
Published New York ; London : Springer, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 182 pages) : illustrations, photographs (some color)
Series Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series
Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series.
Contents Atmospheric phenomena -- Causes of the aurora -- Auroral forecasting -- Observing the aurora -- Historical aurorae and more recent events -- Aurora elsewhere -- Scientific investigations -- Noctilucent clouds and other phenomena
Summary "This book describes the aurora from the amateur observational viewpoint, discusses professional studies of auroral and geomagnetic phenomena to put amateur work in context, and explains how practical observers can go about observing and recording auroral displays."--Jacket
Analysis ruimtewetenschap
space science
wetenschap
science
astronomie
astronomy
Sciences (General)
Empirische wetenschappen (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 177) and index
Notes English
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In Springer e-books
Subject Auroras -- Observations
Auroras -- Observers' manuals
Auroras.
SCIENCE -- Physics -- Magnetism.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Auroras
Genre/Form Handbooks, manuals, etc
Observations
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Observations
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780387684697
0387684697
0387360522
9780387360522