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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 216 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 234x152x13 mm, weight: 500 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 01-Mar-2023
  • Leidėjas: CSIRO Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1486317073
  • ISBN-13: 9781486317073
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 216 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 234x152x13 mm, weight: 500 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 01-Mar-2023
  • Leidėjas: CSIRO Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1486317073
  • ISBN-13: 9781486317073
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Eclipse Chasers is a guide to past and future Australian total solar eclipses, exploring historical and cultural knowledge, as well as featuring five upcoming eclipses that will be visible in Australia. The science of eclipses is explained, as well as how to prepare for an eclipse and view it safely. For upcoming eclipses the best locations to view each one are revealed, alongside tips for taking photographs. The book also reveals untold stories of how past Australian astronomers observed the total eclipses that have occurred since European settlement, and how these eclipses were celebrated in popular culture, poetry and art. It explores the great significance of solar eclipses for First Nations peoples, and their observations and cultural meanings. Eclipse Chasers showcases the drama and beauty of total solar eclipses and is essential for anyone fascinated by these amazing events.

Witnessing a total solar eclipse is a wondrous and unforgettable event!

Eclipse Chasers is a guide to past and future Australian total solar eclipses, exploring historical and cultural knowledge, as well as featuring five upcoming eclipses that will be visible in Australia.

The science of eclipses is explained, as well as how to prepare for an eclipse and view it safely. For upcoming eclipses the best locations to view each one are revealed, alongside tips for taking photographs.

The book also reveals untold stories of how past Australian astronomers observed the total eclipses that have occurred since European settlement, and how these eclipses were celebrated in popular culture, poetry and art. It explores the great significance of solar eclipses for First Nations peoples, and their observations and cultural meanings.

Eclipse Chasers showcases the drama and beauty of total solar eclipses and is essential for anyone fascinated by these amazing events.

Features:
  • An easy-to-understand guide to the science of a solar eclipse.
  • Reveals inspiring stories about total eclipses in Australia, including stories of women and their often-unacknowledged involvement in science.
  • Features First Nations observations and cultural meanings of total solar eclipses from a First Nations Elder and cultural astronomy expert.
  • Includes locations and times to safely view a series of total solar eclipses coming up over the next two decades in Australia: April 2023; July 2028, Nov 2030, July 2037 and December 2038.
  • Includes advice on total solar eclipse photography.
  • The book includes information for teachers, and teacher notes will be available from the CSIRO Publishing website.

Recenzijos

"This is an attractive and an attractively priced thoroughly readable book, and will be enjoyed by all eclipse chasers" -- Professor Wayne Orchiston * Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 26(1) * "There will be five total eclipses over Australia between 2023 and 2035, and this book will enable you to discuss, observe, understand, and worry about them." * Cosmos * "This fascinating book takes us behind the scenes for the solar eclipse observations by professionals, amateurs, and tourists in Australia for the last 100 years or so. It also prepares the reader for the forthcoming total eclipses visible from Australia, starting with 2023 and 2028. It explains the eclipse observations to be made and why. It even has a couple of pages of recommended activities for teachers to arrange. Everybody in Australia and those world citizens interested in solar eclipses should have a copy." -- Jay Pasachoff * Chair, International Astronomical Union Working Group on Eclipses; Field Memorial Professor of Astro * "Eclipse Chasers is an intriguing book about eclipses providing great insight to what an eclipse is as well as tips on how to become an eclipse chaser. What this book does is remind the read that there is much more to whats happening in the skies above, its asking you to be aware of your surroundings, the stillness, the darkness, and the chance to see 'the diamond ring' in the sky." -- Deanne Fitzgerald * Western Australian Museum *

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Preface

About the authors and contributors

Cultural sensitivity warning



1: Why observe eclipses?

2: Solar eclipses in First Nations traditions

3: Early advances in observing eclipses

4: Tracking the Sun with mirrors

5: Proving Einsteins general theory of relativity

6: Viewing eclipses from land and air

7: Chasing eclipses

8: Planning an eclipse adventure



Glossary

Index
Astronomy Professor Dr Nick Lomb has guided Australians in all things astronomical for decades. Nick was the Powerhouse Museum/Sydney Observatory Astronomy curator for 30 years, and is the author of the annual Australasian Sky Guide. He currently resides in Bentleigh East, Victoria.

Dr Toner Stevenson is an honorary History affiliate at the University of Sydney, and has over 30 years' experience working in museums and heritage sites in Australia and the UK. She currently resides in Balgowlah Heights, NSW.