Nightwatch
A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe
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2001
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3rd Revised edition
Firefly Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-55209-302-3 (ISBN)
Firefly Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-55209-302-3 (ISBN)
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This comprehensive field guide for amateur astronomers features 20 full-colour deep-sky star charts and many colour photographs. It offers advice on observing the stars and constellations, discusses useful equipment, and includes information on the moon, comets, eclipses, and planets.
With more than 275,000 copies in print since its original publication in 1983, Nightwatch has become a standard reference guide for stargazers throughout the Northern Hemisphere. The enlarged third edition of the book was issued in 1998, but this new fourth printing has been re-issued this year with even more revisions and the latest astronomical statistics and information. Comprehensive field guide for amateur stargazers, featuring 20 specially created full-colour deep-sky star charts and 256 full colour photographs. Special full-colour sections cover the stars, constellations, nebulae, planets, the sun and moon, eclipses, comets and meteors. Ultra-simplified jargon-free text offers substantial information for the novice and intermediate astronomer on equipment and photography. New edition features spiral binding for lay-flat use next to your telescope
With more than 275,000 copies in print since its original publication in 1983, Nightwatch has become a standard reference guide for stargazers throughout the Northern Hemisphere. The enlarged third edition of the book was issued in 1998, but this new fourth printing has been re-issued this year with even more revisions and the latest astronomical statistics and information. Comprehensive field guide for amateur stargazers, featuring 20 specially created full-colour deep-sky star charts and 256 full colour photographs. Special full-colour sections cover the stars, constellations, nebulae, planets, the sun and moon, eclipses, comets and meteors. Ultra-simplified jargon-free text offers substantial information for the novice and intermediate astronomer on equipment and photography. New edition features spiral binding for lay-flat use next to your telescope
Terence Dickinson is a prolific science writer specializing in astronomy. More than one million copies of his previous books are in print in three languages. He is the recipient of many national and international science awards including the New York Academy of Sciences Book of the Year Award and the Royal Canadian Institute's Sandford Fleming Medal. He resides in a village just north of Kingston, Ontario.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 3.5.2001 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 20 colour charts, 256 colour photographs |
| Verlagsort | Ontario |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 265 x 265 mm |
| Gewicht | 907 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-55209-302-6 / 1552093026 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-55209-302-3 / 9781552093023 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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