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Jan 1997
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International Comet Quarterly, Special Issue, VIII + 216 p.
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Comets: Observations
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The following topics were dealt with: basic information (comet names and designation nomenclature, basic anatomy of a comet, composition of comets and techniques for deriving this information, orbital characteristics of comets, the stellar-magnitude scale and general remarks on comet magnitudes, typical comet behaviors, and the role of solar activity, time and its role in observing comets, locating and identifying known comets, what to do if you discover a comet); a historical overview of the observation of comets (perceptions of comets via naked-eye observations prior to Halley, issues regarding the reading and interpretation of historical observations); visual observing (the human eye as a light detector, observing conditions and observing-site selection, instrumentation and observing "assessories", comet hunting, discovery, and follow-up, estimating a comet's total magnitude, estimating the comet's other physical parameters, drawing comets, daytime observations of comets); non-visual optical observations (CCD observations, photography of comets, narrow-band photometry, spectroscopy and spectrophotometry, occultations); observations outside the visual region (ground-based observations at non-optical wavelengths, satellite-based observations of comets); astrometry of comets (astrometric measurement of photographs and CCD frames, general measurement procedures and astrometric reductions, reporting of comet astrometry, radar astrometry, dealing with older astrometry). Appendices (list of numbered periodic comets, star catalogues, atlases, and charts).
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