دانلود کتاب Lights in the Sky: Identifying and Understanding Astronomical and Meteorological Phenomena (The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series)

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0maundpre.pdf
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
0maund01.pdf
Introduction
0maund02.pdf
Light Pollution
Light Trespass
Waste Lighting
Glare
Skyglow
Security Lights
0maund03.pdf
Air Pollution
Mechanism
Dust
Desertification
Particulates
Smoke Dust
Contrails
Volcanic Dust
What to Observe
0maund04.pdf
The Weather
Mechanism
Cloud Types
Warm Front
Climate Change
Speed of Change
Solar Variation
Magnetic Field
Methane
The Atmosphere
The Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Ionosphere
Exosphere
What to Observe
Clouds
Ground Level Clouds
Cumulonimbus
Other Clouds
0maund05.pdf
The Human Eye
Mechanism
Problems: ``I Have Few\'\'
Age
Cataract
Astigmatism
Color Blindness
Side Vision
Remedial Action
What to Observe
A Sensible Self-test
It Flashed Before My Eyes
Visual Acuity
A Salutary Tale
A Final Warning
0maund06.pdf
The Twilights
Mechanism
Astronomical Twilight
Nautical Twilight
Civil Twilight
What to Observe
0maund07.pdf
Dawn Glows
Introduction
Zodiacal Light
Some History
Mechanism
What to Observe
Volcanic Dust
Mechanism
What to Observe
What to Anticipate
Other Dusty Glows
Mechanism
``Red Sky in Morning\'\'
Mechanism
Sunrise
Moonrise
Evening
Other Causes
What to Observe
Earth Shadow
Mechanism
What to Observe
Crepuscular Rays
Mechanism
True Crepuscular Rays
What to Observe
Solar Pillars
Mechanism
Green Flash
Mechanism
What To Observe
Specter of the Brocken
Mechanism
What to Observe
Heiligenschein
Mechanism
What to Observe
Nacreous Clouds
Mechanism
What to Observe
Some Science
Comets
0maund08.pdf
Daytime Glows
Introduction
Atmospheric Pollution
Mechanism
What to Observe
Contrails
Bishop\'s Ring
Mechanism
What to Observe
Sky Clarity Guide
Green Suns
Sun dogs
Mechanism
Shape and Color
What to Observe
Corona
Mechanism
What to Observe
Glory
Mechanism
What to Observe
Iridescence
Mechanism
What to Observe
Mirage
Mechanism
What to Observe
Fogbows
Mechanism
What to Observe
Rare Daytime Glows
Green Skies
Mechanism
What to Observe
0maund09.pdf
Dusk Glows
Introduction to Dusk Glows
Crepuscular Rays
Mechanism
What to Observe
Solar Pillars
Mechanism
What to Observe
Sun dogs
Mechanism
What to Observe
Green Flash
Mechanism
What to Observe
Beware
Red Sky at Night
Mechanism
What to Observe
Later Glows at Dusk
Comets
Earth Shadow
Dusty Skies
Twilights
Zodiacal Light
0maund10.pdf
Night Lights
Introduction
Gegenschein
Mechanism
What to Observe
Some History
What to Check
Nightglow
Mechanism
What to Observe
Luminous Bands
Mechanism
What to Observe
Noctilucent Clouds
Mechanism
What to Observe
Aurora
Mechanism
What to Observe
Photography
The Milky Way
Mechanism
What to Observe
Other ``Fuzzies\'\'
Mechanism
What to Observe
Comets
Mechanism
What to Observe
Meteors
Mechanism
What to Observe
Stars
What to Observe
The Aftermath
Star Birth
Other Nightglows
Eclipses
Volcanoes
Satellites
What to Observe
0maund11.pdf
Halos
Mechanism
22 Halo
The 46 Halo
Bright Arcs Type 1
Bright Arcs Type 2
Bright Arcs Type 3
The Parhelic Circle
The St. Petersburg Displayof 1790
What to Observe
0maund12.pdf
Rainbows
Mechanism
What to Observe
0maund13.pdf
Flashes
Lightning
Mechanism
What to Observe
Simple Enjoyment
Photography
Ball Lightning
Mechanism
What to Observe
Sprites
Mechanism
What to Observe
Sprites and Some Predictions
0maund14.pdf
UFOs and Alien Visitors
Are There Any Aliens?The Drake Equation
The Fermi Paradox
The Burden of Proof
The Will to Believe
Abductees
UFO Observations
UFO Photographs
UFOs that Appear Unexpectedly on Photographs
Nighttime UFO Photographs
Optical Effects
Videos
Sightings of ``Alien\'\' UFOsat Night
Sightings of ``Alien\'\' UFOsin the Daytime
Amateur Astronomersand UFOs
0maund15.pdf
Oddities
Fireflies and Gloworms
Will-O-The-Wisp
Radioactivity
Ultraviolet
True Oddities
0maundpho.pdf
0maundIndex.pdf