عنوان

The 50 best sights in astronomy and how to see them

9780471696575 (pbk.)

IR

E-6935

انگلیسی

IR

The 50 best sights in astronomy and how to see them

[Book]

:observing eclipses, bright comets, meteor showers, and other celestial wonders

/ Fred Schaaf

Hoboken, N.J.

: John Wiley

, 2007.

vii, 280 p. , ill. (some col.) , 24 cm.

Print

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-272) and index.

[pt. 5].Field of view : 1p0s to 0.1p0s or less (medium to narrow telescopic field) --Sight 35 : Overall telescopic views of the Moon --Sight 36 : Close-up views of lunar craters and other features of the Moon --Sight 37 : Sunspots and other solar features --Sight 38 : Partial eclipses of the Sun --Sight 39 : Transits of Mercury and Venus --Sight 40 : Venus near inferior conjunction --Sight 41 : Jupiter and its moons --Sight 42 : Saturn and its rings and moons --Sight 43 : Mars at closest in a telescope --Sight 44 : Uranus, Neptune,and other dim but important worlds --Sight 45 : A colorful or otherwise striking double star --Sight 46 : The Great Orion nebula --Sight 47 : A rich open cluster --Sight 48 : A bright globular cluster --Sight 49 : A bright planetary nebula --Sight 50 : A bright and structured galaxy --Appendix A : Total solar eclipses, 2008-2024 --Appendix B : Major meteor showers --Appendix C : Total and partial lunar eclipses, 2007-2017 --Appendix D : The brightest stars --Appendix E : Transits of Venus and Mercury --Glossary --Sources --Photo credits --Index.

[pt. 4].Field of view : 15p0sto 1p0s (narrow naked-eye field, binoculars field, and wide-telescopic field) --Sight 18 : Total eclipse of the Moon --Sight 19 : Total eclipse of the Sun close-up --Sight 20 : The Moon at full and other phases --Sight 21 : Very thin crescent Moon --Sight 22 : Lunar conjunctions and occultations --Sight 23 : Planetary conjunctions --Sight 24 : Bright comet close-up --Sight 25 : The Hyades star cluster and Aldebaran --Sight 26 : The Pleiades --Sight 27 : Other very bright large open-star clusters --Sight 28 : Orion's Belt and Sword --Sight 29 : Algol, Mira, and other dramatic variable stars --Sight 30 : Novae, supernovae, and supernova remnants --Sight 31 : Starriest fields --Sight 32 : The Sagittarius Milky Way region --Sight 33 : The Great Andromeda galaxy --Sight 34 : The realm of the galaxies --

Acknowledgments --Introduction --Basic information for astronomical observers --[pt. 1].Field of view : 180p0s (the whole sky) to 100p0s (naked-eye scan) --Sight 1 : The starry sky --Sight 2 : Total eclipse of the Sun --Sight 3 : Meteor shower or storm --Sight 4 : Fireball meteor --Sight 5 : The Northern Lights, or Aurora --Sight 6 : Bright satellite or spacecraft --Sight 7 : The Milky Way --[pt. 2].Field of view : 100p0s to 50p0s (the widest fixed naked-eye field) --Sight 8 : The Big Dipper and the North Star --sight 9 : The Orion group of constellations --Sight 10 : The Summer Triangle region --[pt. 3].Field of view : 50p0s to 15p0s (moderately wide naked-eye field) --Sight 11 : Venus and Mercury at greatest elongation --Sight 12 : Venus, Jupiter, and Mars at brightest --Sight 13 : Bright comet with long tail --Sight 14 : Sirius, the brightest star --Sight 15 : Other bright stars --Sight 16 : Orion --Sight 17 : Other prominent constellations --

Fifty best sights in astronomy and how to see them

Observing eclipses, bright comets, meteor showers, and other celestial wonders

Astronomy- Observers' manuals

Astronomy- Amateurs' manuals

Schaaf, Fred.

ایران

old catalog

p

BL

1

a

Y