Exploring the Night Sky With Binoculars

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Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-10-16
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

On a clear, starry night, the jewelled beauty and unimaginable immensity of our universe is awe-inspiring. Star-gazing with binoculars is rewarding and may begin a lifelong hobby! Patrick Moore has painstakingly researched Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars to describe how to use binoculars for astronomical observation. He explains basic astronomy and the selection of binoculars, then discusses the stars, clusters, nebulae and galaxies that await the observer. The sky seen from both the northern and southern hemispheres is charted season by season, with detailed maps of all the constellations. The reader can also observe the Sun, Moon, planets, comets and meteors. With many beautiful illustrations, this handbook will be helpful and encouraging to casual observers and those cultivating a more serious interest. The enjoyment of amateur astronomy is now available to everybody.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Fourth Edition vi
The Night Sky
1(7)
Binoculars of Many Kinds
8(7)
Among the Stars
15(5)
Double Stars and Variable Stars
20(11)
Clusters, Nebulae and Galaxies
31(4)
Stars of the Seasons
35(14)
The Constellations
49(99)
The Sun and its Eclipses
148(3)
Lunar Landscapes
151(24)
The Planets
175(6)
Comets and Shooting-Stars
181(6)
Summing-Up
187(18)
Appendices
1 Choosing a Telescope
189(3)
2 Planetary Data
192(1)
3 The Planets, 2000-2010
193(2)
4 Eclipses, 2000-2010
195(2)
5 The Brightest Stars
197(2)
6 A Selection of Stellar Objects
199(6)
Bibliography 205(1)
A Note on Metrication 206(1)
Index 207

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