This new guide provides an extensive overview of astronomical binoculars and telescopes. It includes detailed up-to-date ...
Continue readingThe uniquely beautiful light display of an aurora is the result of charged particles colliding with tenuous atmospheric oxygen ...
Continue readingAnyone who has used a binocular telescope or even wide-field binoculars to look at the night sky will know just how breathtakingly ...
Continue readingThe first part of Jim Mullaney’s book provides a comprehensive review of the different classes of double and multiple systems, ...
Continue readingImagine the unique experience of being the very first person to hold a newly-found meteorite in your hand – a rock from ...
Continue readingSatisfies the need for a modern, comprehensive review in combining the three major aspects: the physical background on the ...
Continue readingJupiter is one of the most spectacular observing targets for amateur astronomers. There are various books about observing ...
Continue readingThis book is a mine of information for all levels of amateur astronomy, from relative beginners to experienced observers. ...
Continue readingContains a selection of 99 papers from the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) quadrennial General Assembly, held ...
Continue readingVolume 2 focuses on the ice sheets, icebergs, and interactions between ice sheets and the atmosphere and ocean. It contains ...
Continue readingSaturn is the second largest planet in the solar system, and the only one with a spectacular ring system easily visible from ...
Continue readingSupernovae mark the deaths of massive stars or of white dwarfs in binary systems. Even when they occur in galaxies millions ...
Continue readingDeep-sky observers are always on the lookout for new observing challenges. The Herschel Objects, and How to Observe them ...
Continue readingThe Moon is the most commonly observed of all astronomical objects. Here, Peter Grego provides a concise, readable description ...
Continue readingThe STEREO mission uses twin heliospheric orbiters to track solar disturbances from their initiation to 1 AU. This book ...
Continue readingGiven the right techniques, urban astronomers can routinely observe deep-sky objects night after night – something most ...
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