Patrick Moore

Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Including planetary data through 2010, this guide gives an improved presentation of what the night sky really looks like as seen through binoculars. Includes charts of the northern and southern hemispheres, season by season; detailed maps of the constellations; and advice on eclipse watching. 34 halftones. Graphs & diagrams.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 4th edition
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 389g
• ISBN-13: 9780521793902
• ISBN-10: 0521793904
• Artikelnr.: 21267246

Autorenporträt

Patrick Moore, host of the monthly television show The Sky at Night since 1957, is a distinguished and prolific author of more than 70 astronomy books. He has served as President of the British Astronomical Association. His contributions to the public understanding of astronomy have been marked by special awards from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the Italian Astronomical Society, and the Royal Astronomical Society. Patrick Moore is a great enthusiast, always encouraging anyone with an interest in the night sky to get out and observe.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the third edition
1. The night sky
2. Binoculars of many kinds
3. Among the stars
4. Double stars and variable stars
5. Clusters, nebulae and galaxies
6. Stars of the seasons
7. The constellations
8. The sun and its eclipses
9. Lunar landscapes
10. The planets
11. Comets and shooting stars
12. Summing-up
Appendices
Bibliography
A note on metrication.