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A Stargazing Program for Beginners - A Pocket Field Guide (Paperback, 1st ed. 2015)
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A Stargazing Program for Beginners - A Pocket Field Guide (Paperback, 1st ed. 2015)
Series: Astronomer's Pocket Field Guide
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Sets out a simple month-by-month program to reveal all of the night
sky's biggest and most beautiful secrets in just one year - and
with only a few hours of stargazing each month By investing just an
hour a week and $50 in binoculars, it's possible to learn a few
simple techniques and quickly gain a real insight into the night
sky's ever-changing patterns - and what they tell us about Earth,
the seasons and ourselves. Searching more for a learned
appreciation of nature and our exact place within the cosmos than
academic scientific knowledge, science and travel writer Jamie
Carter takes the reader on a 12 month tour of the night sky's
incredible annual rhythms that say so much about Earth. During the
journey he learns about the celestial mechanics at work in the
skies above that are - to the beginner - almost beyond belief. As
well as the vital constellations and clusters, and the weird and
wonderful nebulas, he searches out "dark sky destinations" across
the globe that help increase knowledge and give a new perspective
on familiar night sky sights. On the journey he witnesses a solar
eclipse and grapples with star-charts, binoculars, smartphone apps,
telescopes, spots satellites and attempts basic astro-photography.
By year's end, the reader will be able to glance at the night sky
from anywhere on the planet and tell what direction he or she is
facing, what time it is, where all the planets are and even where
the Galactic Center Point is.
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