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Atlas of great comets /

A stunning visual reference on thirty of the greatest comets that have been witnessed and documented since the Middle Ages.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stoyan, Ronald (Autor)
Otros Autores: Dunlop, Storm (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Copyright information
  • Title page
  • Dedication
  • Foreword
  • Table of contents
  • Using this book
  • Introduction
  • Cometary beliefs and fears
  • Comets in art
  • Comets in literature and poetry
  • Comets in science
  • Comet science today
  • Great comets in antiquity
  • Great comets in the Middle Ages
  • Great Comets
  • Great Comet of 1471
  • Comet Halley 1531
  • Great Comet of 1556
  • Great Comet of 1577
  • Comet Halley 1607
  • Great Comet of 1618
  • Great Comet of 1664
  • Comet Kirch 1680
  • Comet Halley 1682
  • Great Comet of 1744
  • Comet Halley 1759
  • Comet Messier 1769
  • Comet Flaugergues 1811
  • Comet Halley 1835
  • Great March Comet of 1843
  • Comet Donati 1858
  • Comet Tebbutt 1861
  • Great September Comet of 1882
  • Great January Comet of 1910
  • Comet Halley 1910
  • Comet Arend-Roland 1956
  • Comet Ikeya-Seki 1965
  • Comet Bennett 1970
  • Comet Kohoutek 1973/74
  • Comet West 1976
  • Comet Halley 1986
  • Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 1994
  • Comet Hyakutake 1996
  • Comet Hale-Bopp 1997
  • Comet McNaught 2007
  • Appendix
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography and references
  • Index
  • Figure credits.