Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe - Terence Dickinson
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 Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe - Terence Dickinson
 Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe - Terence Dickinson ... 2006-09-30 by A & C Black Publishers LtdNewest Review: ... Dickinson has been guiding beginners in their first steps to viewing the cosmos for 25 five years and many people (myself ... more ... included) owe their continuing interest to this marvellous book.
The author stresses that his book is meant to be used as an observing guide. To this end, the book is spiral bound, with the star maps printed black on white, allowing the book to be laid flat outside (something not many other observing books do). Reading the star maps at night (with a red torch to preserve night vision) is easy and helps the reader navigate the night sky.
A background to the universe is given first; putting the solar system and our galaxy...more |
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Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe - Terence Dickinson: A wonderful introduction to observing the night sky (836 words)
by - written on 01/10/09 (Very useful, 57 readings)
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The wonders of the night sky are accessible to anyone with a decent pair of binoculars or a telescope. In our solar system, Jupiter's great red spot and its retinue of circling moons, Mars' polar ice caps and desert regions, and the Moon's mountains and craters can all be seen with one's own eye staring through a telescope. More distant objects including remnants of exploded stars, regions where stars are being born at the same time, and distant galaxies whose light left on the long journey across the intergalactic gulf during the age of the dinosaurs can all be seen if one knows where to look. With telescopes available at a higher quality and ... Read the complete review
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