Springer-Verlag London, 2006. — 212 p. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — ISBN: 978-1-84628-190-7 (Print) 978-1-84628-198-3 (Online).
Star clusters are among the most spectacular objects for amateur astronomers to observe and image. They represent the beginning, the present and the future of the universe, from sparse open clusters containing only a dozen stars, to giant...
Springer-Verlag London, 2005. — 182 p. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — ISBN: 978-1-85233-887-9 (Print) 978-1-84628-045-0 (Online).
Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system, and the only one with a spectacular ring system easily visible from Earth. Julius Benton's Saturn and How to Observe It provides a compendium of the latest information, amateur and...
Springer-Verlag London, 2007. — 156 p. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — ISBN: 978-1-84628-482-3 (Print) 978-1-84628-729-9 (Online).
Nebulae are the places where the stars are born. They can also be opaque clouds of dust that block our view of the stars beyond, starlight reflecting on cosmic dust clouds, or hot luminous expanding gases left over from a supernova explosion....
Springer, 2013. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — 241 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4419-6756-5 ; 978-1-4419-6757-2. Faint Objects and How to Observe Them is for visual observers who are equipped with a 10-inch or larger astronomical telescope and who want to "go deep" with their observing. It provides a guide to some of the most distant, dim, and rarely observed objects in the sky,...
Springer-Verlag New York 2009. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — 240 pp. — ISBN: 978-1-4419-0323-5 (Print) 978-1-4419-0324-2 (Online).
We all know that the pock marked face of the Moon looks the way it does because it was hit by meteors. But not many people know that this is still happening today. While the era of major impacts is over, lunar meteorites still cause flashes...
Springer-Verlag, 2009. — 240 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4419-0323-5. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). We all know that the pock marked face of the Moon looks the way it does because it was hit by meteors. But not many people know that this is still happening today. While the era of major impacts is over, lunar meteorites still cause flashes and puffs of gas, vaporized rock, and dust...
Springer-Verlag New York, 2010. — 248 p. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — ISBN: 978-1-4419-6438-0 (Print) 978-1-4419-6439-7 (Online). ASTRONOMERS’ OBSERVING GUIDES provide up-to-date information for amateur astronomers who want to know all about what it is they are observing. This is the basis of the first part of the book. The second part details observing techniques for...
Springer-Verlag New York 2012. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — 238 pp. — ISBN: 978-1-4614-2301-0 (Print) 978-1-4614-2302-7 (Online). Mars, popularly known as the Red Planet because of its distinct color, is visible with the naked eye and is one of very few planets in the Solar System in which it is possible to see weather phenomena and surface features and thus is a...
Springer-Verlag London, 2005. — 274 p. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — ISBN: 978-1-85233-748-3 (Print) 978-1-84628-243-0 (Online).
ASTRONOMERS’ OBSERVING GUIDES provide up-to-date information for amateur astronomers who want to know all about what it is they are observing. This is the basis of the first part of the book. The second part details observing techniques for...
Springer, 2008. — 262 p. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides).
Venus and Mercury have always been regarded as difficult targets for amateurs, but advances in commercially-made instruments have brought them within range of only moderately experienced observers. The concept of this book is to present an up-to-date detailed description of the history and geology of the inferior...
Springer-Verlag New York 2012. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — 287 pp. — ISBN: 978-1-4614-1781-1 (Print) 978-1-4614-1782-8 (Online).
Planetary Nebulae and How to Observe Them is for amateur astronomers who want to go beyond the Messier objects, concentrating on one of the most beautiful classes of astronomical objects in the sky.
Planetary nebulae are not visible to the...
Springer-Verlag New York, 2009. — 206 p. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — ISBN: 978-0-387-09497-7 (Print) 978-0-387-09498-4 (Online).
Without the Sun, all life on Earth would perish. But what exactly do we know about this star that lights, heats, and powers Earth?
Actually, we know quite a lot, thanks mainly to a host of eager solar observers. Looking directly at the Sun...
Springer-Verlag New York 2010. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — 236 pp. — ISBN: 978-1-4419-0882-7 (Print) 978-1-4419-0883-4 (Online).
We have learned a great deal about our universe not only by looking at the sky through optical telescopes but also by listening to it! Although in the past most of the great discoveries have been made by professional radio astronomers using...
Cambridge University Press, 2008. — 141 p. — ISBN: 978-0-521-69691-3 Meteors occur when a meteoroid, a speck of dust in space, enters the Earth's atmosphere. The heat generated when this happens causes the surrounding air to glow, resulting in 'shooting stars'. During the most spectacular meteor storms larger particles give rise to fireballs and firework-like displays! Meteors...
Springer-Verlag New York, 2009. — 192 p. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — ISBN: 978-0-387-09460-1 (Print) 978-0-387-09461-8 (Online).
ASTRONOMERS’ OBSERVING GUIDES provide up-to-date information for amateur astronomers who want to know all about what it is they are observing. This is the basis of the first part of the book. The second part details observing techniques for...
Springer-Verlag London Limited, 2008. — 224 p. — (Astronomers’ Observing Guides). — e-ISBN: 978-1-84628-727-5 With the increasing sensitivity of the equipment available to the home astronomer, and increasing interest in celestial bodies, this Springer series is a huge helping hand to skywatchers who want to hone their skills. Astronomers' observing guides provide up-to-date...
Springer-Verlag New York, 2009. — 240 p. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — ISBN: 978-0-387-79945-2; 978-0-387-79946-9.
ASTRONOMERS’ OBSERVING GUIDES provide up-to-date information for amateur astronomers who want to know all about what it is they are observing. This is the basis of the first part of the book. The second part details observing techniques for practical...
Springer, 2007. — 209 p. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — ISBN: 978-0-387-35257-2; 978-0-387-46269-1.
Supernovae mark the deaths of massive stars or of white dwarfs in binary systems, and are unbelievably violent events. Even when they occur in galaxies millions of light years away they can be within the reach of amateur astronomers’ telescopes.
More than 400 supernovae...
Springer, 2009. - 273 c. - (Серия Astronomers’ Observing Guides) Chapter 1 Sir Patrick Moore, Observer Extraordinaire Chapter 2 The Caldwell Objects Chapter 3 How to Visually Observe the Caldwell Objects Chapter 4 How to Observe the Caldwell Objects Digitally Caldwell Resources When Mike Inglis, who consults for Springer, first asked me to write a Caldwell book in their and How...
Springer. 2007. 214 p. Это удобное и легкое для понимания руководство для охотников за солнечным затмением. Сейчас количество таких охотников исчисляется десятками тысяч. Каждое полное затмение видят десятки круизных судов, на борту каждого из которых помещаются порядка тысячи человек, выстраивая паром вдоль затмения. Десятки тысяч наблюдателей выезжают за границу, чтобы стать...
Springer, 2005. — 131 p. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — ISBN: 978-1-85233-751-3; 978-1-84628-180-8.
ASTRONOMERS’ OBSERVING GUIDES provide up-to-date information for amateur astronomers who want to know all about what it is they are observing. This is the basis of the first part of the book. The second part details observing techniques for practical astronomers, working...
Springer-Verlag New York, 2007. — 167 p. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — ISBN: 978-0-387-68124-5 (Print) 978-0-387-68125-2 (Online).
Deep-sky observers are always on the lookout for new observing challenges.
The Herschel Objects, and How to Observe them offers an exciting opportunity to retrace the footsteps of Sir William Herschel, discoverer of Uranus and arguably the...
Springer-Verlag New York 2012. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — 181 pp. — ISBN: 978-1-4614-3914-1 (Print) 978-1-4614-3915-8 (Online).
Every amateur astronomer - and many non-astronomers - will be familiar with seeing a "star" that shows that characteristic steady slide across the starry background of the sky. Artificial satellites can be seen any night, and some as bright...
Springer-Verlag New York, 2010. — 254 p. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — ISBN: 978-1-4419-5789-4 (Print) 978-1-4419-5790-0 (Online).
Comets have inspired wonder, excitement and even fear ever since they were first observed. They contain material from early in the life of the Solar System, held in deep-freeze. This makes them key in our understanding of the formation and...
Springer-Verlag New York, 2008. — 232 p. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — ISBN: 978-0-387-76601-0 (Print) 978-0-387-76602-7 (Online).
This book tells the story of two giants and a dwarf. The giants, Uranus and Neptune, are mostly huge balls of gas, and they make their home in the remotest reaches of the Solar System. The dwarf, Pluto, which can usually be found even farther...
Springer-Verlag London, 2007. — 248 p. — (Astronomers' Observing Guides). — ISBN: 978-1-85233-752-0 (Print) 978-1-84628-699-5 (Online).
Galaxies are perhaps the most popular of all visual targets that are sought after by visual observers. At present the only way to get up-to-date information, is to query various (often highly technical) speciality books or digging deeply into...
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