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Observatories of the Southwest - A Guide for Curious Skywatchers (Paperback)
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Observatories of the Southwest - A Guide for Curious Skywatchers (Paperback)
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With its clear skies and low humidity, the southwestern United
States is an astronomer's paradise where observatories like Kitt
Peak have redefined the art of skywatching. The region is unique in
its loose federation of like-minded research outposts and in the
quantity and diversity of its observatories--places captured in
this unique guidebook.
Douglas Isbell and Stephen Strom, both intimately involved in
southwestern astronomy, have written a practical guide to the major
observatories of the region for those eager to learn what modern
telescopes are doing, to understand the role each of these often
quirky places has played in advancing our understanding of the
cosmos, and hopefully to visit and see the tools of the astronomer
up close. For each observatory, the authors describe its history,
highlights of its contributions to astronomy--with an emphasis on
recent results--and information for visitors. Also included are
wide-ranging interviews with astronomers closely associated with
each site.
Observatories covered range from McDonald in Texas to Palomar in
California, with significant outposts in between: Arizona's Kitt
Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson, the Lowell
Observatory in Flagstaff, and the Whipple Observatory outside
Amado; and New Mexico's Very Large Array near Socorro and
Sacramento Peak close to Sunspot. In addition to describing these
established institutions, they also take a look ahead to the most
powerful ground-based telescope in the world just beginning to
operate at full power on Mount Graham in Safford, Arizona.
With more than three dozen illustrations, the book is accessible
to amateur astronomers, tourists, students, and teachers--anyone
fascinated with the contributions that astronomy has made to
deepening our understanding of humanity's place in the universe,
whether exploring the solar system from Lowell Observatory or
studying the birth of stars using the army of giant radio
telescopes at the Very Large Array. This book aims to inspire
visits to these sites by illuminating the major scientific
questions being pursued every clear night beneath the dark skies of
the Southwest and the amazing machinery that makes these pursuits
possible.
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