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Night Sky
A Field Guide to the Constellations
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Stargazing is among the most peaceful and inspiring outdoor activities. Night Sky, the award-winning book by Jonathan Poppele, makes it more fun than ever! Take a simple approach to finding 62 constellations by focusing on one constellation at a time, instead of attempting to study dizzying charts....
Moons of the Solar System
From Giant Ganymede to Dainty Dactyl
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2015
This book captures the complex world of planetary moons, which are more diverse than Earth's sole satellite might lead you to believe. New missions continue to find more of these planetary satellites, making an up to date guide more necessary than ever. Why do Mercury and Venus have no moons at...
1,001 Celestial Wonders to See Before You Die
The Best Sky Objects for Star Gazers
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2010
1,001 Celestial Wonders is a guide to the night sky's brightest and most fascinating objects. Each target is accessible to amateur astronomers using medium-sized telescopes from a dark site. In fact, many are so bright they remain visible under moderate light pollution, as from the outskirts of a...
A Walk through the Southern Sky
A Guide to Stars, Constellations and Their Legends
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
A Walk through the Southern Sky is a beautifully illustrated guide to the stars and constellations of the southern hemisphere. By following the simplified and easy-to-use starmaps, readers will be able to identify constellations with no equipment but normal sight and a clear night sky. This book provides...
by Richard Schmude, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2009
This book is for two groups of people: those who want to study the remote planets with amateur astronomical equipment, and those who are just interested in learning about our knowledge of the remote planets.
The Remote Planets, and How to Observe them is unique in that it gives a completely...
by David H. Levy
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
In this simple guide, David Levy inspires readers to experience the wonder of eclipses and other transient astronomical events for themselves. Covering both solar and lunar eclipses, he gives step-by-step instructions on how to observe and photograph eclipses. As well as explaining the science behind...
One-Shot Color Astronomical Imaging
In Less Time, For Less Money!
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
This book shows amateur astronomers how to use one-shot CCD cameras, and how to get the best out of equipment that exposes all three color images at once. Because this book is specifically devoted to one-shot imaging, "One-Shot Color Astronomical Imaging" begins by looking at all the basics...
Einstein's Relativity
The Ultimate Key to the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2012
This richly illustrated book is unique in bringing Einstein's relativity to a higher level for the non-specialist than has ever been attempted before, using nothing more than grade-school algebra. Bondi's approach with spacetime diagrams is simplified and expanded, clarifying the famous asymmetric...
Planets
A Fully Illustrated, Authoritative and Easy-to-Use Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
This eBook is best viewed on a color device.
Enjoy and Learn!
Expert Knowledge!
Easy-to-Read!
Space exploration in recent years has added a vast amount to our knowledge of the planets. This Golden Guide, Planets by Mark R. Chartrand, features:
* Exciting discoveries about the...
Friendship 7
The Epic Orbital Flight of John H. Glenn, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
In this spellbinding account of an historic but troubled orbital mission, noted space historian Colin Burgess takes us back to an electrifying time in American history, when intrepid pioneers were launched atop notoriously unreliable rockets at the very dawn of human space exploration.
A nation...
by Jeannie Meekins
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2013
You may think the Solar System consists of the sun and the eight planets that orbit around it. However, there are other things out there. There are comets, moons, asteroids, meteors, dust, ice, rock and much more. Plus there is a whole lot of man made junk.
Do you know the answers to these questions...
Sketching the Moon
An Astronomical Artist's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2011
For anyone artistically inclined, observing the Moon and attempting to sketch or paint it can easily become a passion. The Moon presents a broad array of tone, texture, and form. Capturing this in a painting or sketch at the eyepiece of a telescope – or even with binoculars – develops observational...
by Warren A. Keller
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
In this book, Warren Keller reveals the secrets of astro-image processing software PixInsight in a practical and easy to follow manner, allowing the reader to produce stunning astrophotographs from even mediocre data. As the first comprehensive post-processing platform to be created by astro-imagers...
by Peter Grego
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Stargazing Throughout the Seasons in the Northern Hemisphere is an excerpt from The Star Book that guides you through the night skies in the Northern Hemisphere, through wide-angle star charts. Looking at the main constellations, stars and celestial showpieces of the northern celestial sphere, beginning...