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Acknowledgements | p. vii |
About Peter Grego | p. ix |
Introduction - A Perspective on Mercury and Venus | p. 1 |
Current Knowledge of Mercury and Venus | |
Our Current Knowledge of Mercury | p. 9 |
Mercury's Orbit | p. 9 |
Physical Dimensions | p. 9 |
Mass, Density and Gravity | p. 10 |
Axial Tilt and Rotation Period | p. 11 |
Origins | p. 11 |
Core, Mantle and Crust | p. 13 |
A Tenuous Atmosphere | p. 14 |
Magnetic Field | p. 15 |
Surface History of Mercury | p. 16 |
Mercurian Nomenclature | p. 20 |
A Survey of the Known Mercurian Surface | p. 22 |
A Mercurian Quartet | p. 24 |
Northeastern Quadrant | p. 25 |
Southeastern Quadrant | p. 33 |
Northwestern Quadrant | p. 42 |
Southwestern Quadrant | p. 50 |
Our Current Knowledge of Venus | p. 71 |
Venus' Orbit | p. 71 |
Physical Dimensions | p. 72 |
Mass, Density and Gravity | p. 72 |
Axial Tilt and Rotation Period | p. 72 |
Origins | p. 73 |
Surface History | p. 73 |
Tectonic Features | p. 74 |
Terrae and Highlands | p. 75 |
Venus, the Real Vulcan | p. 78 |
Lava Flows | p. 82 |
Tectono-Volcanic Structures | p. 87 |
Impact Features | p. 90 |
The Impact Mechanism | p. 92 |
Classification of Venusian Impact Craters | p. 93 |
Post-Impact Crater Modification | p. 97 |
Venus' Atmosphere | p. 103 |
Magnetic Field | p. 105 |
Surface Conditions | p. 106 |
A Survey of Venus | p. 107 |
A Venusian Triptych | p. 109 |
The Ishtar-Alpha-Lada Region (300 to 60E) | p. 109 |
The Niobe-Aphrodite-Artemis Region (60 to 180E) | p. 123 |
The Kawelu-Atla-Helen Region (180 to 300E) | p. 140 |
Observing Mercury and Venus | |
Equipment for Observing Mercury and Venus | p. 155 |
Vision | p. 155 |
Monoculars and Binoculars | p. 158 |
Telescopes | p. 162 |
Telescopic Resolution | p. 169 |
Eyepieces | p. 170 |
Binocular Viewers | p. 172 |
Scopes and Seeing | p. 172 |
Telescope Mounts | p. 173 |
Recording Mercury and Venus | p. 177 |
Recording Techniques | p. 177 |
Mercury and Venus Data | p. 183 |
Computer Programs | p. 183 |
Line Drawing | p. 187 |
Copying-up Your Observations | p. 188 |
Imaging Mercury and Venus | p. 189 |
Selected Large Scale Photo Opportunities Featuring Mercury and Venus, 2009-2019 | p. 192 |
Digital Imaging | p. 201 |
Observing Mercury | p. 207 |
Phenomena Common to Mercury and Venus | p. 207 |
Lunar Occultations of Mercury and Venus | p. 209 |
Apparitions | p. 210 |
Naked Eye Views | p. 211 |
Binocular Observations | p. 211 |
Mercury's Phases and its Appearance Through the Telescope | p. 213 |
The Stroboscope Effect | p. 223 |
Transits of Mercury | p. 223 |
Occultations | p. 227 |
Observing Venus | p. 229 |
Brilliant Morning and Evening Star | p. 229 |
Apparitions | p. 229 |
Daytime Views with the Unaided Eye | p. 233 |
Binocular Observations | p. 234 |
Telescopic Observation | p. 235 |
Locating Venus in Daytime Through a Telescope | p. 236 |
Nocturnal Observations of Venus | p. 236 |
Venus' Cloud Patterns | p. 237 |
Venusian Anomalies | p. 241 |
Contour Anomalies | p. 242 |
Transits of Venus | p. 243 |
Protected Unaided Eye Views | p. 243 |
The View in H-alpha | p. 244 |
The Venus Transit of 6 June 2012 | p. 244 |
Stellar Occultations | p. 247 |
Societies, Groups, Useful Internet Resources and Bibliography of Worthwhile Books | p. 249 |
Mercury Feature Index | p. 253 |
Venus Feature Index | p. 255 |
Subject index | p. 259 |
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