Stephen James O'Meara's Exploring the solar system with binoculars : a beginner's guide to the sun, moon, and planets

Author(s)

• O'Meara, Stephen James

Bibliographic Information

Stephen James O'Meara's Exploring the solar system with binoculars : a beginner's guide to the sun, moon, and planets

Cambridge University Press, 2010

• : pbk

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this journey of discovery, Stephen James O'Meara shows you how to observe our Solar System's wonders with ease, using nothing more than the unaided eye and inexpensive handheld binoculars. The guide presents a new way to identify and appreciate the wonders of the Solar System in detail, such as lunar and solar eclipses, sunspots, the Moon's craters, the planets, meteors, and comets. It is a unique observing guide for all amateur astronomers, proving you don't need big and expensive equipment to enjoy astronomy from your own backyard. You will learn a variety of skills, including how to find Venus in the daytime, how to identify faint features in bright comets, how to increase your chances of seeing an abundant meteor shower, and how to track the changing aspects of the planets and their moons. A must for Solar System explorers everywhere!

Table of Contents

• Preface
• 1. The Sun: the angel of light
• 2. The Moon: the lovely dead
• 3. Solar eclipses
• 4. The planets: worlds of wonder
• 5. Comets: divine elegance
• 6. Meteors: when the heavens weep
• Appendices
• Index.

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Details

• NCID: BB04999103
• ISBN:
  • 9780521741286
• LCCN: 2010001370
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge
• Pages/Volumes: x, 156 p.
• Size: 30 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QB501.2
  • DC22 : 522/.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Solar system -- Amateurs' manuals
  • LCSH : Solar system -- Observers' manuals
  • LCSH : Astronomy -- Amateurs' manuals
  • LCSH : Astronomy -- Observers' manuals