The Cambridge Eclipse Photography Guide

The Cambridge Eclipse Photography Guide

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This handbook describes everything you need to know to observe and photograph the solar and lunar eclipses of the 1990s. The annular eclipse crossing the United States in 1994 and a total eclipse over Europe in 1999 are described in detail. The book is well illustrated with colour photographs, maps and diagrams.

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The Cambridge Eclipse Photography Guide by Jay M Pasachoff

The Cambridge Eclipse Photography Guide describes everything you need to know to observe and photograph the forthcoming solar and lunar eclipses in the 1990s. It gives maps and descriptions of where and how to view forthcoming eclipses, with particular attention to two popularly-awaited solar eclipses: an annular eclipse (where a ring of sunlight is visible around the moon) that will cross the United States in 1994, and a total eclipse that will pass over Europe in 1999. The authors also describe past eclipse expeditions, capturing the excitement of the observers.
"..a handy guide for enthusiasts." Science News
"...the scientist and layperson should find this a most practical guide to observing and photographing eclipses in the 1990. Recommended." Reference Book Review
Pasachoff, Jay M.: - Jay M. Pasachoff is Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy at Williams College, where he teaches the astronomy survey course and works with undergraduate students. He is also Director of the Hopkins Observatory there. Pasachoff has observed 35 solar eclipses and is Chair of the Working Group on Solar Eclipses of the International Astronomical Union. He is part of a group of scientists observing the atmosphere of Pluto through stellar occultations. He also works in radio astronomy, concentrating on cosmic deuterium and its consequences for cosmology. Further, he collaborates with an art historian on images of comets, the Moon, and eclipses. Pasachoff is U.S. National Liaison to the Commission on Astronomical Education and Development of the International Astronomical Union and is also Vice-President of the Commission. He has twice been Chair of the Astronomy Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and he has been on the astronomy education committees of the American Astronomical Society, the American Physical Society, and the American Association of Physics Teachers. He is on the Council of Advisors of the Astronomy Education Review, the on-line journal sponsored by the American Astronomical Society and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. In addition to his college astronomy texts, Pasachoff has written the PETERSON FIELD GUIDE TO THE STARS AND PLANETS, and is author or co-author of textbooks in calculus and in physics as well as several junior-high-school textbooks. Pasachoff received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Harvard and was at Caltech before going to Williams College. His sabbaticals and other leaves have been taken at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy, the Institut d'Astrophysique in Paris, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Pasachoff has been awarded the 2003 Education Prize of the American Astronomical Society.
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ISBN 13 9780521456517
ISBN 10 0521456517
Title The Cambridge Eclipse Photography Guide
Author Jay M Pasachoff
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 1993-11-18
Number of pages 143
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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