Author: Société royale d'astronomie du CanadaPublisher:
ISBN: 9781927879269
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Observer's Handbook 2022
Author: Société royale d'astronomie du CanadaPublisher:
ISBN: 9781927879269
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Planet Observer's Handbook
Author: Fred W. PricePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521789813
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
This is an informative, up-to-date and well-illustrated guide to planetary observations for amateurs. After a brief description of the solar system and a chapter on the celestial sphere, readers are shown how to choose, test and use a telescope with various accessories and how to make observations and record results. For each planet and the asteroids, details are given of observational techniques, together with suggestions for how to make contributions of scientific value. From a general description and detailed observational history of each planet, observers can anticipate what they should see and assess their own observations. The chapter on planetary photography includes the revolutionary use of videography, charge coupled devices and video-assisted drawing. There are also chapters on making maps and planispheres and on photoelectric photometry.
The Weather Observer's Handbook
Author: Stephen BurtPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009260545
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
Originally published: Durham Weather and Climate since 1841, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
The Moon Observer's Handbook
Author: Fred W. PricePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521335000
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book explains in a practical way everything that an amateur astronomer needs to know in order to undertake lunar observations.
The Observer's Guide to Planetary Motion
Author: Dominic FordPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1493906291
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
To the naked eye, the most evident defining feature of the planets is their motion across the night sky. It was this motion that allowed ancient civilizations to single them out as different from fixed stars. “The Observer’s Guide to Planetary Motion” takes each planet and its moons (if it has them) in turn and describes how the geometry of the Solar System gives rise to its observed motions. Although the motions of the planets may be described as simple elliptical orbits around the Sun, we have to observe them from a particular vantage point: the Earth, which spins daily on its axis and circles around the Sun each year. The motions of the planets as observed relative to this spinning observatory take on more complicated patterns. Periodically, objects become prominent in the night sky for a few weeks or months, while at other times they pass too close to the Sun to be observed. “The Observer’s Guide to Planetary Motion” provides accurate tables of the best time for observing each planet, together with other notable events in their orbits, helping amateur astronomers plan when and what to observe. Uniquely each of the chapters includes extensive explanatory text, relating the events listed to the physical geometry of the Solar System. Along the way, many questions are answered: Why does Mars take over two years between apparitions (the times when it is visible from Earth) in the night sky, while Uranus and Neptune take almost exactly a year? Why do planets appear higher in the night sky when they’re visible in the winter months? Why do Saturn’s rings appear to open and close every 15 years? This book places seemingly disparate astronomical events into an understandable three-dimensional structure, enabling an appreciation that, for example, very good apparitions of Mars come around roughly every 15 years and that those in 2018 and 2035 will be nearly as good as that seen in 2003. Events are listed for the time period 2010-2030 and in the case of rarer events (such as eclipses and apparitions of Mars) even longer time periods are covered. A short closing chapter describes the seasonal appearance of deep sky objects, which follow an annual cycle as a result of Earth’s orbital motion around the Sun.
The Marine Observer's Handbook
Author: Great Britain. Meteorological OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marine meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
The Night Sky Observer's Guide: Spring & summer
Author: George Robert KepplePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : fr
Pages : 520
Book Description
The Observer's Handbook
Author: Observing Handbook and Catalogue of Deep-Sky Objects
Author: Christian B. LuginbuhlPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521625562
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The most detailed guide to observing the deep sky in one volume, now available in paperback.
The Sky Observer's Guide
Author: R. Newton MayallPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1582381550
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Discusses how to select and use binoculars and telescopes, how to observe planets, meteors, comets, and other celestial bodies, and how to use star charts.