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BL
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| Record Number
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987347
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b741717
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| Main Entry
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Bone, Neil,1959-
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| Title & Author
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Aurora : : observing and recording nature's spectacular light show /\ Neil Bone.
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| Publication Statement
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New York ;London :: Springer,, 2007.
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| Series Statement
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Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (x, 182 pages) :: illustrations, photographs (some color)
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| ISBN
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0387360522
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: 0387684697
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: 9780387360522
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: 9780387684697
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (page 177) and index.
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| Contents
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Atmospheric phenomena -- Causes of the aurora -- Auroral forecasting -- Observing the aurora -- Historical aurorae and more recent events -- Aurora elsewhere -- Scientific investigations -- Noctilucent clouds and other phenomena.
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| Abstract
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"This book describes the aurora from the amateur observational viewpoint, discusses professional studies of auroral and geomagnetic phenomena to put amateur work in context, and explains how practical observers can go about observing and recording auroral displays."--Jacket.
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Auroras, Observers' manuals.
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Auroras-- Observations.
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Aurores.
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Auroras.
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SCIENCE-- Physics-- Magnetism.
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Sciences humaines.
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Sciences sociales.
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| Dewey Classification
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538.768
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| LC Classification
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QC971.7.A1B66 2007eb
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