The sky observer's guide

a handbook for amateur astronomers

Paperback, 160 pages

English language

Published Sept. 27, 1977 by Golden Press.

ISBN:
978-0-307-24009-5
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3 stars (1 review)

Discusses how to select and use binoculars and telescopes, how to observe planets, meteors, comets, and other celestial bodies, and how to use star charts.

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How-to for stargazing, planets, and sky stuff.

It’s a packed 150 pages. Telescopes and the human eye are broken down to explain lenses, light, color, and atmosphere. Planet revolutions, seasonal paths, latitudes and coordinates, stars and constellations, etc. This is all you’d need for beginner telescoping.

Subjects

  • Astronomy -- Observers' manuals.
  • Astronomy -- Amateurs' manuals.