David Levy's Guide to Eclipses, Transits, and Occultations

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

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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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