Download or read book Total Solar Eclipses and How to Observe Them written by Martin Mobberley and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-03 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the ultimate, easy-to-read guide for "eclipse-chasers" which includes everything an eclipse chaser needs. There are some important eclipses coming up in the years ahead and the technology available to amateur astronomers is improving fast. The book provides "eclipse virgins" with a good feeling for what a trip abroad to an eclipse is like – including a humorous look at all the things that can and have gone wrong. Travel details are included, essential in these days of high-security. And of course the first part of the book contains a wealth of information about solar eclipses and what can be observed only during a total eclipse.