Author: Linda BullockPublisher:
ISBN: 9780531296905
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Simple text and photographs describe and illustrate how to use a telescope.
Looking Through a Telescope
Author: Linda BullockPublisher:
ISBN: 9780531296905
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Simple text and photographs describe and illustrate how to use a telescope.
The History of the Telescope
Author: Henry C. KingPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486432656
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
This remarkable history encompasses not only the achievements of the early inventors and astronomers but also the less frequently recounted stories of the instrument makers and of the actual instruments. A model of unsurpassed, comprehensive scholarship, this volume covers many fields, including professional and amateur astronomy. 196 black-and-white illustrations.
50 Things to See with a Telescope - Kids
Author: John ReadPublisher:
ISBN: 9780999034668
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
From the author of the bestselling book 50 Things to See with a Small Telescope, this colorful edition explores the constellations with young readers, guiding them to dozens of galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters. Every page features a helpful "telescope view", showing exactly how objects appear through a small telescope or binoculars.
Exploring the Moon Through Binoculars and Small Telescopes
Author: Ernest H. CherringtonPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486150771
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Informative, profusely illustrated guide to locating and identifying craters, rills, seas, mountains, other lunar features. Newly revised and updated with special section of new photos. Over 100 photos and diagrams. "Extraordinary delight awaits the amateur astronomer or teacher who opens this book." — The Science Teacher.
Through the Telescope
Author: James BaikiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The Telescope in the Ice
Author: Mark BowenPublisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1137280085
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The IceCube Observatory has been called the "weirdest" of the seven wonders of modern astronomy by Scientific American. In The Telescope in the Ice, Mark Bowen tells the amazing story of the people who built the instrument and the science involved. Located near the U.S. Amundsen-Scott Research Station at the geographic South Pole, IceCube is unlike most telescopes in that it is not designed to detect light. It employs a cubic kilometer of diamond-clear ice, more than a mile beneath the surface, to detect an elementary particle known as the neutrino. In 2010, it detected the first extraterrestrial high-energy neutrinos and thus gave birth to a new field of astronomy. IceCube is also the largest particle physics detector ever built. Its scientific goals span not only astrophysics and cosmology but also pure particle physics. And since the neutrino is one of the strangest and least understood of the known elementary particles, this is fertile ground. Neutrino physics is perhaps the most active field in particle physics today, and IceCube is at the forefront. The Telescope in the Ice is, ultimately, a book about people and the thrill of the chase: the struggle to understand the neutrino and the pioneers and inventors of neutrino astronomy.
50 Things to See with a Small Telescope (Southern Hemisphere Edition)
Author: John A ReadPublisher:
ISBN: 9780999034644
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
This special edition has been designed specifically for aspiring astronomers living south of the equator. This book explores the planets, stars, galaxies and nebulae observable from the southern hemisphere. Not only does this book illustrate how to observe, it also shows how each object appears through a small telescope!
A Journey Through Time
Author: Jay BarbreePublisher: Penguin Press
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
This spectacular journey through the universe on the back of the Hubble Space Telescope is a stunning montage of over 200 color photographs documenting our solar system, the Milky Way, exploding stars, nebulae, and black holes. Equally extraordinary is the rich text written by Barbree, an NBC TV correspondent, and Caidin, a bestselling author, which accompanies the visuals and reminds the reader of their significance: the events and places the telescope transmits back to us are millions and billions of years old, and the farther it sees--the closer we are to viewing the very origin of the universe. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Astronomy Through the Telescope
Author: Richard LearnerPublisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The 500 year story of the instruments, the inventors, and their discoveries. --Dust jacket.
Making Your Own Telescope
Author: Allyn J. ThompsonPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486428833
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Complete, detailed instructions and numerous diagrams for constructing a do-it-yourself telescope. No complicated mathematics are involved, and no prior knowledge of optics or astronomy is needed to follow the text's step-by-step directions. Contents cover, among other topics, materials and equipment; tube parts and alignment; eyepieces, and related problems; setting circles; and optical principles. 1973 ed. Appendixes. Index. 6 plates. 100 figures.