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National Geographic Stargazer's Atlas - The Ultimate Guide to the Night Sky (Hardcover)
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National Geographic Stargazer's Atlas - The Ultimate Guide to the Night Sky (Hardcover)
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Richly illustrated with a luminous and informative collection of
maps, photographs, and graphics, this atlas is the perfect
companion for exploring the wonders of the universe as viewed from
Earth. This expansive illustrated atlas invites readers to roam the
night sky for constellations, planets and moons, eclipses, comets
and meteor showers, auroras, and deep-sky treasures including
nebulae and galaxies-many visible to the naked eye and all with
binoculars or a backyard telescope. Beginning with basic space
science and including a complete set of night sky maps for all four
seasons in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, this fascinating
book guides the reader toward the most rewarding observations. A
unique chapter on astro-tourism highlights ancient observatories,
dark-sky preserves, and other global destinations for the
sky-seeking traveller; a final chapter details current and future
space missions and what they might discover. Richly illustrated
with awe-inspiring imagery-including photos from space missions and
telescopes, science-based artists' interpretations, and explanatory
graphics-the book also contains 170 maps and charts of planets,
moons, and constellations, from Earth's moon to moons of Saturn.
Practical advice throughout helps readers see what they have been
reading about, building key observational skills such as "star
hopping" from easy-to-find stars to fainter deep-sky objects and
focusing on "deep sky treasures:" areas rich in observable
phenomena. Approachable and authoritative, gorgeous and
fascinating, this large-format illustrated atlas will intrigue all
who love to gaze up in wonder at the night sky-and find themselves
wanting to know more.
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