| Description |
xvii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-340) and index. |
| Contents |
The shore: From the observatory log, a primate at dusk ; Beginnings ; Spaceflight ; The ozone ; Standing watch, a visit with Mr. White Man ; Amateurs ; How much can you see? A visit with Stephen James O'Meara ; Professionals ; Picturing the universe, a visit with Jack Newton ; Rocky Hill ; Farsighted, a visit with Barbara Wilson -- Blue water: The realm of the sun ; Rock music of the spheres, a talk with Brian May ; The morning and evening star ; Founding father, a visit with Patrick Moore ; Moon dance ; The telescope and the tomb, a visit with Percival Lowell ; Mars ; Light at the edge of darkness, a visit with James Turrell ; Stones from the sky ; Comet trails, a visit with David Levy ; Vermin of the skies ; The camera's eye, a visit with Don Parker ; Jupiter ; Storms on Saturn, a visit with Stuart Wilber ; The outer giants ; From the observatory log, chimes at midnight -- The depths: The night sky ; Digital universe, a virtual visit to a robotic telescope ; The Milky Way ; Blue lines, a visit with John Henry's ghost ; Galaxies ; Big science, a visit with Edgar O. Smith ; The dark ages ; From the observatory log, Minerva at dawn -- Appendixes: Observing techniques ; Notable periodic meteor showers ; Representative bright stars ; Messier objects by season ; Planets and their satellites ; Further reading ; Star maps. |
| Subject |
Astronomers.
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Astronomy -- Amateurs' manuals.
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| ISBN |
0684865793 |
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