| Author | : John A Read |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 78 |
| Release | : 2017-05-28 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 9780999034644 |
This special edition has been designed specifically for aspiring astronomers living south of the equator. This book explores the planets, stars, galaxies and nebulae observable from the southern hemisphere. Not only does this book illustrate how to observe, it also shows how each object appears through a small telescope!
| Author | : John Read |
| Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Total Pages | : 74 |
| Release | : 2016-03-25 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781530741595 |
A special edition for aspiring astronomers living south of the equator. This special edition of 50 Things to See with a Small Telescope explores the planets, stars, galaxies and nebulae observed from all over the southern hemisphere. Not only does this book demonstrate how to find things, it also shows what many of these objects look like through a small telescope!Here are just some of the items this book will help you find:* Planets* Nebulae* Comets* Globular Clusters * The International Space StationI am very excited to share my knowledge of astronomy and I am sure you will enjoy this book for years to come.
| Author | : John Read |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2017-06-20 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780999034668 |
From the author of the bestselling book 50 Things to See with a Small Telescope, this colorful edition explores the constellations with young readers, guiding them to dozens of galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters. Every page features a helpful "telescope view", showing exactly how objects appear through a small telescope or binoculars.
| Author | : John A Read |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 74 |
| Release | : 2021-02-09 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781777451714 |
This special edition of 50 Things to See with a Telescope explains everything you need to jumpstart your journey in astronomy. Written specifically for those living south of the equator, you will learn how to identify constellations, planets, stars, galaxies, nebulae and more. To aid in your exploration, this book provides images of the sky as seen by the naked eye and as viewed through a telescope. Note: If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, consider 50 Things to See with a Telescope: A young Stargazer's Guide.
| Author | : Terence Dickinson |
| Publisher | : Firefly Books |
| Total Pages | : 180 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Astronomy |
| ISBN | : 1552093026 |
A practical guide to viewing the universe.
| Author | : Stephen James O'Meara |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 577 |
| Release | : 2016-09-26 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1316033538 |
The Caldwell Catalogue, compiled by the late Sir Patrick Moore (1923–2012), has delighted amateur astronomers worldwide since its publication in 1995. Twenty years on, Stephen James O'Meara revisits his guide to these 109 deep-sky delights, breathing new life into them and the 20 additional observing targets included as an appendix. This second edition retains O'Meara's detailed visual descriptions and sketches, accompanied by stunning new images taken by amateur photographer Mario Motta and observations by Magda Streicher. The astrophysical descriptions have been updated to account for the many advances in our understanding of the objects, not least due to an armada of space-borne observatories and the new technologies used in large ground-based telescopes. Ideal for observers who have completed the Messier objects and are looking for their next challenge, Deep-Sky Companions: The Caldwell Objects is a fitting tribute from a renowned visual observer to one of astronomy's most famous personalities.
| Author | : John Read |
| Publisher | : Stellar Publishing |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2020-06-02 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781732726185 |
This workbook provides over fifty unique stargazing challenges, allowing you to track your progress and record your observations. Stargazers are encouraged to sketch what they see, from lunar craters to globular star clusters. Learn how to set up and focus any type of telescope, and align a finderscope. Simple exercises will help you calculate your telescope's magnification, focal ratio, and more. This workbook is designed for any experience level, from the extreme beginner, to the seasoned astronomer looking for a new outreach tool. Whatever your background in astronomy, you'll find something to love within these pages.
| Author | : Guy Consolmagno |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2011-09-22 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1139503731 |
With over 100,000 copies sold since first publication, this is one of the most popular astronomy books of all time. It is a unique guidebook to the night sky, providing all the information you need to observe a whole host of celestial objects. With a new spiral binding, this edition is even easier to use outdoors at the telescope and is the ideal beginner's book. Keeping its distinct one-object-per-spread format, this edition is also designed for Dobsonian telescopes, as well as for smaller reflectors and refractors, and covers Southern hemisphere objects in more detail. Large-format eyepiece views, positioned side-by-side, show objects exactly as they are seen through a telescope, and with improved directions, updated tables of astronomical information and an expanded night-by-night Moon section, it has never been easier to explore the night sky on your own. Many additional resources are available on the accompanying website, www.cambridge.org/turnleft.
| Author | : Mitchell Begelman |
| Publisher | : Basic Books |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 2008-01-07 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0465012167 |
This ingenious book is the account of an epic astronomical journey, a tale told by an early-twenty-first-century human sailor among the stars. The account is discovered, as an alien "translator's note" reveals, sixty million years in earth's future -- the product of one man's amazing, revelatory, and occasionally perilous space odyssey. Astrophysicist Mitchell Begelman takes the reader to far-distant shores, across a vast ocean of time, in a narrative that zips along at just below light speed. We travel to the center of the Milky Way, witness the births and deaths of stars, almost perish in the crushing forces at the perimeter of a black hole -- and all the while Begelman explains in clear and vibrant prose the way things work in the cosmos. A powerful imaginative work that is thoroughly grounded both in history and in the latest in astrophysical thinking and observation, Turn Right at Orion is serious science that reads like fiction.
