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Visual Astronomy in the Suburbs
A Guide to Spectacular Viewing, The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
ISBN/EAN: 9781852337070
Umbreit-Nr.: 641829
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xii, 265 S., 143 s/w Illustr., 16 farbige Illustr.
Format in cm:
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 15.09.2003
- Zusatztext
- InhaltsangabePurpose and Fundamentals.- Practical Applications and Viewing Aids.- Techniques for Seeing.- to Drawings and Real Time Video.- The Moon.- The Planets.- Deep Space - Visual Impressions and Expectations: The Primary Catalog.- Second Viewing Catalog.- Supplementary Catalog for the Southern Hemisphere.- Postscript.
- Kurztext
- The only practical guide to observing truly spectacular astronomical objects from less than perfect locationsThe only book to deal in depth with the application of image intensifiers to real-time astronomyGives advice on viewing objects, and on making realistic images by drawing or videoIncludes extensive catalogs of spectacular objects that can be seen from suburban sites in both hemispheres