The Observer's Guide to Astronomy: Volume 2 (Practical Astronomy Handbooks, Series Number 4) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521458986 ISBN 13: 9780521458986

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Synopsis

Serious amateur astronomers often wonder how to find new minor planets, comets and novae and would like to know how to use photoelectric detectors to derive the temperatures of stars. These issues along with predicting future eclipses and the occultations of stars by minor planets are topics covered in this authoritative and wide-ranging guide. For each topic, sound practical methods of observation and the scientific background are given to facilitate better observations. Guidelines also show how to record and catalog observations using the recognized professional terminology and classification schemes. From the simplest pencil drawings of the moon to observations of the most distant galaxies with state-of-the-art CCD cameras and photoelectric photometers, this guide is packed with practical tips for all types of amateur observations. Volume 2 covers aurorae, meteors, double and multiple stars, variable stars, deep sky objects, novae, and supernovae.

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Book Description

From pencil drawings of the moon to observations with CCD cameras and photoelectric photometers of the most distant galaxies, this guide, first published in 1994, is packed with practical tips for amateur astronomers of all interests.

Review

"This is a gem of a book...it is a grand smorgasbord of material for the advanced amateur astronomer who hungers for more than just cosmic sight-seeing and souvenir astrophotos of celestial places visited...Each of the ten chapters is meant to stand alone as an independent unit...This way the reader does not have to digest the entire bood in order to get what he/she needs to observe...The book is quite irresistible...The Observer's Guide to Astronomy, Volume 2, is well written, well-organized, and nicely cross-referenced...I highly recommend this book to any serious observer. It was worth the pain of writing the review just to to get my hands on a copy of it!" Mary Lou Whitehorne, Canadian Jjournal

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521458986
• ISBN 13: 9780521458986
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 572
• Editor: Martinez Patrick