Skywatching

Skywatching
Author: David Levy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Astronomy
ISBN: 9780007199211

A comprehensive family reference guide to all the amazing phenomena of our night skies, with helpful charts and detailed photography This comprehensive introduction to our night skies has been written by a team of expert astronomers. Their collective experience, combined with a straightforward, no-nonsense approach creates the perfect guide to understanding galaxies, eclipses, the moon and constellations. Our solar system is brought to life through extraordinary images, and our night skies made easy to understand with colourful charts. Visually exciting and always informative, Skywatching covers both the historical and scientific aspects of astronomy. * Leads you through our immediate Solar System with the Sun, the Moon and the planets * Takes you into deep space, revealing the stars, galaxies and nebulae * Comprehensive bi-monthly star charts that can be used anywhere in the world, with constellation charts showing 85 star formations * Useful information on the equipment used for skywatching, from the huge optical telescopes used by professional astronomers to makeshift observatories

A Guide to Skywatching

A Guide to Skywatching
Author: David H. Levy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2003
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781877019067

A introduction to the magic and mysteries of the constellations, galaxies, and wonders of the night sky.

What's Up 2006 - 365 Days of Skywatching

What's Up 2006 - 365 Days of Skywatching
Author: Jeff Barbour
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2006-03
Genre:
ISBN: 1411682874

What's Up 2006: 365 Days of Skywatching presents the highlights you can see in the night sky for every day in 2006. With a small telescope, binoculars, and sometimes just your eyes, you'll track down features on the Moon, planets, meteor showers, bright and double stars, open and globular clusters, and distant galaxies.Astronomers Tammy Plotner and Jeff Barbour are your guides to the wonders of the night sky.

Skywatching

Skywatching
Author: David H. Levy
Publisher: Time Life Medical
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000-03
Genre: Astronomy
ISBN: 9780737000795

This highly acclaimed, best-selling series takes field guides to a breathtaking new level. Filled with full-color maps, diagrams, photographs, and sketches, each book takes readers on an exciting armchair adventure through some of the most fascinating places in the natural world -- and offers practical advice for those planning real-life expeditions.

Secrets of Stargazing

Secrets of Stargazing
Author: Becky Ramotowski
Publisher: Sky & Telescope
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Astronomy
ISBN: 9781931559409

Here's the perfect how-to book for recreational stargazers. It's loaded with practical advice to help new observers spend more time exploring the night sky and less time fumbling with equipment or wondering how, when, and what to observe. In Secrefs of Stargazing you'll discover how to: Quickly get started stargazing if you're the lucky recipient of a new telescope, Plan your observing sessions and record your observations, Stargaze in the city - despite the lights, Quickly and easily prepare your telescope for a night under the stars, Use star charts and discover star-hopping, See faint objects without actually looking at them, Observe in comfort, Decipher weather reports and understand sky transparency and seeing conditions, Find others in your area who share your love of the night sky. Whether or not you own a telescope, Secrets of Stargazing is loaded with tips and tricks that are guaranteed to make you a better observer. It's a volume that no novice stargazer should be without. Book jacket.

The Kids Book of the Night Sky

The Kids Book of the Night Sky
Author: Ann Love
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 8
Release: 2004-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1553371283

In this book in the Family Fun series, kids can learn all about the night sky with fun games, stories, information and more...

Skywatcher

Skywatcher
Author: Jamie Hogan
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0884488993

Tamen longs to see the stars, but none are visible in the light-polluted sky above the fire escape of his urban apartment building. Even in the neighborhood park, the stars are hidden by city lights. This is a story about love and sacrifice: Tamen’s mom, a nightshift nurse, finds a way to take him camping. For one magical night on the shore of a wilderness pond, the Milky Way in all its glory belongs to them.

Binocular Stargazing

Binocular Stargazing
Author: Mike D. Reynolds
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2005-10-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0811742520

A guide to viewing stars, the moon, planets, meteors, comets, and aurora through binoculars. Features a foreword by renowned astronomer and writer David Levy. Includes a complete guide to current binocular brands and models and explains what to look for in each season.