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The Amateur Astronomer Patrick Moore

The Amateur Astronomer By Patrick Moore

The Amateur Astronomer by Patrick Moore


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Summary

An introduction to astronomy, starting with an account of the historical background, followed by hints on choosing and maintaining observing equipment. The reader is guided through the various objects that can be seen in the night sky, from planets to star clusters to distant galaxies.

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Table of Contents

The unfolding universe; Telescopes; Observatories - and observing hints; The Solar System; The sun; The moon; Occultations and eclipses; Glows in the sky; The nearer planets; The outer planets; Comets and meteors; The stellar sky; The nature of a star; Double stars; Variable stars; Star-clusters and nebulae; Planetary data; Satellite data; The brightest asteroids; Phenomena of Mercury, 1988-95 5; Phenomena of Venus, 1988-95; Oppositions of the superior planets, 1988-95 7; Jupiter - transit observations; Saturn - intensity estimates; Observing the sun; Eclipses of the sun, 1988-95; Eclipses of the moon, 1988-95; The limiting lunar detail visible with various appertures; The lunar maps; Some of the more important periodical comets; Some of the more important annual meteor showers; The constellations; Proper names of stars; Stars of the first magnitude; Standard stars for each magnitude; The Greek alphabet; Stellar spectra; Limiting magnitudes and separations for various appertures; Angular distances between selected stars - and declination of bright stars; Double stars for various apertures; The observation of variable stars; The observation of double stars.

Additional information

GOR002033733
9780521345118
0521345111
The Amateur Astronomer by Patrick Moore
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
1990-04-05
343
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