Simple stargazing : a first-time skywatcher's guide / Anton Vamplew.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York, NY : Collins, 2006.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), color portrait ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0060849940
  • 9780060849948
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QB 63 .V36 2006
Contents:
Getting started: Brief history -- Constellations -- Adventures in darkness -- Travels into the darkness -- How big is the darkness -- How to use star charts -- Bright or dim? -- Stars -- Starry objects -- Northern charts: January to March skies -- April to June skies -- July to September skies -- October to December skies -- Southern charts: January to March skies -- April to June skies -- July to September skies -- October to December skies -- Sun, moon, and planets: Moon -- Eclipses -- Planets -- Planets and days -- Milky way -- Watching satellites and the ISS -- Comets -- Shooting stars -- Final view of -- Everything -- Astroglossary -- Going further -- Index.
Summary: A beginner's guide to stargazing offers a look at what can be discovered in the night sky with the naked eye.
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Originally published: London : Collins, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155) and index.

A beginner's guide to stargazing offers a look at what can be discovered in the night sky with the naked eye.

Getting started: Brief history -- Constellations -- Adventures in darkness -- Travels into the darkness -- How big is the darkness -- How to use star charts -- Bright or dim? -- Stars -- Starry objects -- Northern charts: January to March skies -- April to June skies -- July to September skies -- October to December skies -- Southern charts: January to March skies -- April to June skies -- July to September skies -- October to December skies -- Sun, moon, and planets: Moon -- Eclipses -- Planets -- Planets and days -- Milky way -- Watching satellites and the ISS -- Comets -- Shooting stars -- Final view of -- Everything -- Astroglossary -- Going further -- Index.

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