Transit Comet Eclipse

by Muharem Bazdulj

In these subtly linked novellas, Muharem Bazdulj takes the reader across several centuries of Yugoslav history, finding in three very different sets of circumstances a common longing to escape the desperation and depression of life in the ...

Transit Comet Eclipse

Author: Muharem Bazdulj

Publisher: Bosnian Literature

ISBN: 9781628972382

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"Originally published in Bosnian by Ajfelov most as Tranzit, kometa, pomraecenje in 2007" -- Verso title page.

Eclipses Transits and Comets of the Nineteenth Century

by Stella Cottam

The total eclipse of 1869. ... The total solar eclipse [from The London Daily News]. ... Maine Farmer, 43(4), 2 (26 December 1874) The transit of Venus.

Eclipses Transits and Comets of the Nineteenth Century

Author: Stella Cottam

Publisher: Springer

ISBN: 3319083414

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Grabbing the attention of poets, politicians and the general public alike, a series of spectacular astronomical events in the late 1800s galvanized Americans to take a greater interest in astronomy than ever before. At a time when the sciences were not yet as well established in the United States as they were in Europe, this public interest and support provided the growing scientific community in the United States with the platform they needed to advance the field of astronomy in the United States. Earlier in the 19th century comets, meteors and the discovery of the planet Neptune were all sources of inspiration to the general public. The specific events to be considered here are the total solar eclipses of 1868, 1869 and 1878 and the transits of Venus of 1874 and 1882. The available media responded to public interest as well as generating more interest. These events laid the groundwork that led to today's thriving network of American amateur astronomers and provide a fascinating look at earlier conceptions of the stars.

Celestial Shadows

by John Westfall

This book looks in detail at the way eclipses and other celestial shadows have given us amazing insights into the nature of the objects in our solar system and how they are even helping us discover and analyze planets that orbit stars other ...

Celestial Shadows

Author: John Westfall

Publisher: Springer

ISBN: 1493915355

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Much of what is known about the universe came from the study of celestial shadows. This book looks in detail at the way eclipses and other celestial shadows have given us amazing insights into the nature of the objects in our solar system and how they are even helping us discover and analyze planets that orbit stars other than our Sun. A variety of eclipses, transits, and occultations of the mooons of Jupiter and Saturn, Pluto and its satellite Charon, asteroids and stars have helped astronomers to work out their dimensions, structures, and shapes - even the existence of atmospheres and structures of exoplanets. Long before Columbus set out to reach the Far East by sailing West, the curved shadow of the Earth on the Moon during a lunar eclipse revealed that we inhabit a round world, a globe. More recently, comparisons of the sunlit and Earthlit parts of the Moon have been used to determine changes in the Earth's brightness as a way of monitoring possible effects in cloud coverage which may be related to global warming. Shadows were used by the Greek mathematician Eratosthenes to work out the first estimate of the circumference of the Earth, by Galileo to measure the heights of the lunar mountains and by eighteenth century astronomers to determine the scale of the Solar System itself. Some of the rarest and most wonderful shadows of all are those cast onto Earth by the lovely "Evening Star" Venus as it goes between the Earth and the Sun. These majestic transits of Venus occur at most two in a century; after the 2012 transit, there is not a chance to observe this phenomenon until 2117, while the more common sweep of a total solar eclipse creates one of the most dramatic and awe-inspiring events of nature. Though it may have once been a source of consternation or dread, solar eclipses now lead thousands of amateur astronomers and "eclipse-chasers" to travel the globe in order to experience the dramatic view under "totality." These phenomena are among the most spectacular available to observers and are given their full due in Westfall and Sheehan's comprehensive study.

The Sidereal Messenger

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Astronomical Register

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... 73 Corona at Eclipses , 130 Danson , Theory of Comets , 45 on Large Object - glasses , 246 De la Rue , on the Transit of Venus , Solar Eclipse of August ...

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Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Partial Eclipse of the Moon . - Variable Star a Cepbei.- Ephemeris of Comet e 1888. by C. W. Crockett.Elements and Ephemeris of Comet b 1889. by W. W. ...

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From 1755 to 1763

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170 Bergman , Bliss , Planman 564 Observations on a Comet , Klinkenberg . ... 218 Transit of Venus , Mason , Pingré 505 Observation of a Lunar Eclipse ...

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Seventeenth century Oxford

by Nicholas Tyacke

Rawlinson observed , together with Wallis and Wren , the solar eclipse of 1654 as ... phenomena unrelated to comets , eclipses , or a transit is unclear .

Seventeenth century Oxford

Author: Nicholas Tyacke

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780199510146

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The 17th century saw Oxford University expanding institutionally and intellectually. Moreover, it played a major role in the tumultuous religious and political events of the century; the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and the Restoration.

The Exoplanet Handbook

by Michael Perryman

(2018b) also report the discovery of a single comet-shaped transit in KIC–11084727 ... 6.24 Transit and eclipse spectroscopy This section covers the basic ...

The Exoplanet Handbook

Author: Michael Perryman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 1108419771

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A complete and in-depth review of exoplanet research, covering the discovery methods, physics and theoretical background.

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Observations , Mayer 583 Transit of Venus in 1769 , Hornsby 265 Observ ... Thoughts on Comets , Winthrop 405 · Obs . of a Solar Eclipse , Smeaton On the ...

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Atlas of Great Comets

by Ronald Stoyan

After the eclipse that followed the transit, the comet was again visible with the naked eye on 18 September near the Sun. At the time of eclipse it ...

Atlas of Great Comets

Author: Ronald Stoyan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 110709349X

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A stunning reference on thirty of the greatest comets that have been witnessed and documented since the Middle Ages. Supported by a wealth of images, the broad historical context and modern scientific interpretation are explored for each Great Comet, providing an invaluable resource for all astronomy enthusiasts.

The Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Lunar Eclipse . ... He had once meditated an aerostatical Transit of Venus . 12. ... 1759 , Comet of 1682 and 1759 . many ; The object of the congress was ...

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