David Levy's Guide to Eclipses, Transits, and

David Levy inspires readers to experience the wonder of eclipses for themselves in this guide for beginners and practised observers.

Introduction
The Magic and History of Eclipses:
Shakespeare, King Lear, and the Great Eclipse of 1605
Three centuries later: Einstein, relativity, and the solar eclipse of 1919
What causes solar and lunar eclipses
Observing Solar Eclipses:
Safety considerations
What to expect during a partial eclipse
Annular eclipses and what to see in them
Total eclipse of the Sun: introduction to the magic
The onset: temperature drop, Baily's Beads, Diamond Ring
Totality: Corona, Prominences, Chromosphere, and surrounding area
Photographing and imaging a solar eclipse
Observing Lunar Eclipses:
Don't forget the penumbral eclipses!
Partial lunar eclipses
Total lunar eclipses
Photographing and imaging lunar eclipses
Occultations:
When the Moon occults a star
Transits:
When planets cross the Sun
My Favorite Eclipses:
A personal canon of eclipses, occultations, and transits I have seen
Appendices
Index
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David Levy's Guide to Eclipses, Transits, and Occultations

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