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jnewton
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Any solar book recommendations for a solar newbie with a Lunt 60mm scope?
Thanks.
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ragebot
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Any solar book recommendations for a solar newbie with a Lunt 60mm scope?
Thanks.
IMHO The Sun Kings is a must. It is one of my all time favorites, not just as a book about the sun, astronomy, science; but as a great read.
Also keep in mind that our knowledge of the sun is changing all the time. Recently there have been web based links to papers about things like a "jet stream" on the sun currently messing up sun spot formation and a while ago how there is twice as much O on the sun as previously thought. Both of these developments are not in current texts to my knowledge.
Most general observing books describe the general features and mechanics of the sun and are worth reading, but things are changing and your best source may be reading this forum and the links peeps post in it.
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swisswalter
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hi jnewton
in the case you read german, i would higly recommend "die sonne" from Jürgen banisch
walter
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bob71741
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I would suggest going to your local library, if it is a large one, or if you are close to a College or University, and seeing what is available and what suits you, and then possibly purchasing a copy for your own library.
For the price (can be had for $20), and its somewhat up to date information, I can easily recommend "The Sun and How to Observe it" by Jamey Jenkins if you are unable to find anything at your local or college library because you are not near one.
Bob
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David Knisely
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Any solar book recommendations for a solar newbie with a Lunt 60mm scope?
Thanks.
Well, if you just want to get an idea of what you are looking at, perhaps this might help a little:
OBSERVING THE SUN IN H-ALPHA
Clear skies to you.
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Evokal
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I've been reading Solar Astronomy Handbook by Beck, Hillbrecht, Reinsch and Volker. Meaty stuff... 
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"Might the sun be a metaphor of the compassion we can only reflect if we turn in that direction, revealing every flaw? I wonder this every time I see a full moon light up the night around me..." -Anonymous
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David Knisely
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I've been reading Solar Astronomy Handbook by Beck, Hillbrecht, Reinsch and Volker. Meaty stuff...
I was kind of disappointed in that book. It has a lot of stuff in it, but some of it is misleading and a little downright incorrect. Clear skies to you.
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BYoesle
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As Bob notes above, The Sun and How to Observe It by Jamey L. Jenkins, Springer 2009, ISBN 978-0-387-09497-7 is an excellent mid-level intorduction to solar observing and available from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Sun-Observe-Astronomers-Observing-Guides/dp/0387094970
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You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars...
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
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BobH1357
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I'll have to chime in for "The Sun and How to Observe It" as well, and not just because I'm pictured in it with my heliostat. Easy to read mid-entry level. Good practical information.
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mbucky
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how about "fundamentals of solar astronomy" by bhatnigar and livingston (2005)? or "the cambridge encyclopedia of the sun" by lang? i think at one end of the spectrum is "astrophysics of the sun" by zirin (1988). it is very heavy, lots of math and cites, and outdated, but very detailed. the other end might be "idiots guide to the sun" by pasachoff (2003), a basic overview theat is eclise heavy. "fundamentals" and "encyclopedia" are basic to middle of the scale. also, i would first reccomend a general astronomy textbook.
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