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how useful is Meeus' Canon?
11-26-2015, 05:46 AM
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RE: how useful is Meeus' Canon?
Some more eclipse fun:

The most authoritative and current information about eclipses might probably be found in the current third edition of the Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac (http://aa.usno.navy.mil/publications/docs/exp_supp.php). More references are listed in that indispensable book. The older editions can be bought from antiquarian booksellers.

Reference is often made to: A Manual Of Spherical And Practical Astronomy by William Chauvenet. The two volume set is from the 1890s and the two volumes are free:

https://archive.org/details/manualofspherica031436mbp

https://archive.org/details/manualofspherica003344mbp

That reference really goes into the details. Fascinating reading anyway.

And while we are at old books:

http://www.eurobuch.com is a meta search engine, which covers abebook (and I agree with Bob, it is great and I prefer buying through them), amazon and other antiquarian bookseller sites. You will get a very good overview of the market. Since shipment costs are often high compared against the book prices knowing sellers in different locations is good.
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how useful is Meeus' Canon? - StephenG1CMZ - 11-25-2015, 08:59 PM
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