The Beginners Guide To The Skies
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| Author | : Carole Stott |
| Publisher | : Dorling Kindersley Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 75 |
| Release | : 2008-05-01 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1405336323 |
Find everything you need to observe, understand and enjoy the night sky in this complete practical kit for star watchers. Pick up the handy visual guide and find out what you’ll need to get started and when to look for stars, plus explore a complete introduction to the Solar System. Use the interactive planisphere to navigate the entire sky any time of night, throughout the year. Plus, 44 double-sided cards and a mini torch reveal how to identify each constellation, with hints and tips on special features to look for in each formation. Whether you’re a complete beginner or an accomplished astronomer, this is your up-to-date guide to exploring the cosmos.
| Author | : Terence Dickinson |
| Publisher | : Turtleback Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1987 |
| Genre | : Astronomy |
| ISBN | : 9780833522917 |
Winner of the 1987 New York Academy of Sciences Children's Science Book Award, Exploring the Night Sky is aimed at novice star gazers anxious to expand their astronomical repertorie beyond the Big and Little Dippers. Dickinson has designed a superb introduction to astonomy that is clear, concise, and very "user friendly" no matter what the child's age. 50 color photographs and illustrations.
| Author | : David Ellyard |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 105 |
| Release | : 2008-10-23 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 113946549X |
Both novice and advanced skywatchers will value this comprehensive and easy-to-use guide to the brilliant and ever-changing sights of the southern sky by night. Readers are introduced to the many and varied objects in the sky and their movements and changing appearances, as well as the ancient myths and legends entwined around the groupings of stars. Featured in this book are two groups of sky charts, designed so that readers can move easily between them. The 24 skyviews show the appearance of the whole night sky every two weeks (or at each hour of sidereal time). The 20 sky charts show particular areas of the night sky in detail and are accompanied by explanatory text. This new edition also features: • digitally re-drawn skyviews, sky charts and map of the surface of the Moon • a table of planet positions up to 2017
| Author | : Will Gater |
| Publisher | : Dorling Kindersley Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2020-11-05 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0241503906 |
Discover the wonders of the Universe with this complete introduction to observing and understanding the night sky. This practical e-guide explains and demystifies stargazing, teaching you to recognize different kinds of objects and showing you how they move through the sky over the course of the night and the year. It shows you how to understand and enjoy the cosmos, building your practical astronomy skills from the basics to more advanced techniques. Beginning with an explanation of the Universe itself - how big is it, what shape is it, how old is it, and will it end? - it then takes you on a tour around the night sky, building up your knowledge in simple stages. Practical advice begins with naked-eye observations, then illustrated step-by-step instructions show you how to set up and use binoculars and telescopes, and how to take your own pictures of the night sky. It also lets you take a closer look at the different objects you can view in the night sky, telling you how to train your eye to recognize basic patterns of stars (constellations) and how to tell planets apart from other celestial bodies, showing you how to observe them in an innovative step-by-step way. An atlas of the night sky is also included, with charts that can be used in both the northern and southern hemispheres throughout the year. Accessible, inspirational, and authoritative, Stargazing for Beginners will enthuse and inform anyone who wants to expand their knowledge of the night sky.
| Author | : William R. Levacy |
| Publisher | : Hay House, Inc |
| Total Pages | : 418 |
| Release | : 2023-11-21 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 1401977014 |
Learn how to identify the most salient features of Vedic astrology, how to interpret a birth chart Vedic style, and how to use this information to enhance your life. Enter the fascinating world of Vedic Astrology, an ancient system of study that originated in India thousands of years ago. Vedic Astrology, also known as Jyotish, offers valuable insights into various aspects of life, including personality traits, relationships, career, health, and spiritual growth. This comprehensive beginner's guide provides a solid foundation in Vedic Astrology, empowering readers to understand the fundamentals and start exploring this captivating subject. Author William R. Levacy takes readers on a journey through interpreting a Vedic birth chart and the twelve houses contained within, astrological signs, planetary placements, and much more.
| Author | : Hans Augusto Rey |
| Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 1980 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780395248300 |
Written with the primary purpose of enabling everyone to gain more pleasure from stargazing.
| Author | : Dean Regas |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2020-06-16 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1507213824 |
Discover the amazing wonders of the night sky with this expanded edition to 100 Things to See in the Night Sky, perfect for every amateur stargazer and armchair astronomer! Keep your feet on the ground and experience the night sky to the fullest by exploring planets, satellites, and constellations with this all-inclusive reference guide to space. 100 Things to See in the Night Sky, Expanded Edition is full of information on the many amazing things you can see with a telescope, or just your naked eye! From shooting stars to constellations and planets to satellites, this book gives you a clear picture of what you can see on any given night. Learn about the celestial bodies that have captured people’s imaginations for centuries, with specific facts alongside traditional myths and beautifully illustrated photographs and star charts that will help you know where to look for the best view. With this illuminating guide, you’ll enjoy hours of stargazing, whether you’re travelling, camping, sitting in your back yard, or simply flipping through the beautiful images in this book.
| Author | : David H. Levy |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 372 |
| Release | : 2001-11-22 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 9780521797535 |
The perfect introduction for the novice astronomer, this book stirs the imagination and puts observation in a framework of social activity and personal adventure. Written by an award-winning astronomer, it is a technical guide to the sky, full of helpful practical hints. The author's lively style engages, entertains, and informs. Newcomers will learn how to enjoy the Moon, planets, comets, meteors, and distant galaxies observable through a small telescope. Levy describes the features of the Moon from night to night; how to observe constellations; how best to view the stars, nebulae, and galaxies; how to follow the planets on their annual trek among the constellations; how to map the sky; how to find a new comet; how to buy or even make a telescope; what to see in a month of lunar observations or a year of stellar observation; and much more.
| Author | : Jonathan Poppele |
| Publisher | : Adventure Publications |
| Total Pages | : 570 |
| Release | : 2016-06-15 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1591936144 |
Stargazing is among the most peaceful and inspiring outdoor activities. Night Sky, the award-winning book by Jonathan Poppele, makes it more fun than ever! Take a simple approach to finding 62 constellations by focusing on one constellation at a time, instead of attempting to study dizzying charts. Start with the easy-to-find constellations during each season and work toward the more difficult ones. Better yet, you'll learn how to locate any constellation in relation to the Big Dipper, the North Star and the top of the sky. With two ways to locate each constellation, you'll know where in the sky to look and what to look for! Along the way, you'll be introduced to mythology, facts and tidbits, as well as details about the planets, solar system and more! As an added bonus, the book comes with a red-light flashlight for night reading.
| Author | : Richard Shaffer |
| Publisher | : McGraw-Hill/Contemporary |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 9781565656529 |
The simplest, clearest, and best book written on the night sky for beginning astronomers, this guide includes easy-to-follow maps and a month-by-month guide to stargazing. "A lively guide to what's in the sky and how to see it".--"Astronomy" magazine.
