| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 252 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"An Owl book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-243) and index. |
| Summary |
Starting with simple instructions on learning one's way around the night sky and progressing to more challenging concepts, this ingenious program takes readers to a deeper level of knowledge and understanding of the night sky. 70 illustrations & charts. |
| Contents |
Daylight sky / Storm Dunlop: Sky above -- Sky's colours -- Optical phenomena -- Wind movements -- Water in the atmosphere -- Cloud watching -- Cloud varieties -- Nature's fireworks -- Sun -- Mirages -- Nacreous and noctilucent clouds -- Aurorae -- Sky from above -- Weather lore -- Building a weather station -- Night sky / Collin A. Ronan: Approaching the sky -- Solar system -- Mercury and Venus -- Mars -- Jupiter -- Saturn -- Uranus, Neptune and Pluto -- Moon -- Stars -- Galaxy --- Constellations -- Star magnitudes -- Star watching -- Guidance for observers -- Nebulae and clusters -- Double and variable stars -- Shooting stars and comets -- Artificial satellites -- Observing & Recording the sky / Brian Jones: Naked eye -- Photographing the daylight sky -- Photographing the night sky -- Binoculars -- Telescopes -- Telescope mounts and drives -- Home observatory -- Keeping records -- Glossary. |
| Subject |
Astronomy projects -- Observers' manuals.
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Astronomy -- Observers' manuals.
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| Added Title |
Forty nights to knowing the sky |
| ISBN |
0805046682 paperback alkaline paper |
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