Moonwalk with Your Eyes (eBook)

A Pocket Field Guide

Tammy Plotner (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2010 | 2010
X, 220 Seiten
Springer US (Verlag)
978-1-4419-0646-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Of all the many things we can look at in the night sky, the Moon is one of the richest in its ever-changing detail, as changes in light and shadow daily transform what you can see of every feature. Whether you use binoculars, a small telescope or a large one, you will find the Moon offers new horizons rich in exploration opportunities. Moonwalk with Your Eyes guides the reader quickly through lunar basics: how to determine the lunar day and what lunar terminology you might encounter here and in other books. From there, you'll be taken on a guided visual journey that encompasses what can be seen at any give time for all levels of observers.

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Of all the many things we can look at in the night sky, the Moon is one of the richest in its ever-changing detail, as changes in light and shadow daily transform what you can see of every feature. Whether you use binoculars, a small telescope or a large one,you will find the Moon offers new horizons rich in exploration opportunities.Moonwalk with Your Eyes guides the reader quickly through lunar basics: how to determine the lunar day and what lunar terminology you might encounter here and in other books. From there you'll be taken on a guided visual journey that encompasses what can be seen at any given time for all levels of observers.Moonwalk with Your Eyes features high-quality annotated photographs and solid background information to help the reader understand many lunar phenomena. Here is a guide that allows those who simply gaze at the Moon to find a deeper appreciation of it; for those who use binoculars and small telescopes, this is a comprehensive guide to identifying what can be seen; and advanced observers will be challenged with a rare quality look at areas of the Moon that are not covered by other lunar guide books.

Inhalt

Foreword 5
Contents 9
New Moon 11
LUNAR DAY ZERO 12
LUNAR DAY ONE 29
LUNAR DAY TWO 35
LUNAR DAY THREE 44
LUNAR DAY FOUR 54
LUNAR DAY FIVE 65
LUNAR DAY SIX 76
First Quarter 94
LUNAR DAY SEVEN 95
LUNAR DAY EIGHT 112
LUNAR DAY NINE 122
LUNAR DAY TEN 132
LUNAR DAY ELEVEN 144
LUNAR DAY TWELVE 153
LUNAR DAY THIRTEEN 164
Full Moon 169
LUNAR DAY FOURTEEN 170
LUNAR DAY FIFTEEN 181
LUNAR DAY SIXTEEN 187
LUNAR DAY SEVENTEEN 192
LUNAR DAY EIGHTEEN 197
LUNAR DAY NINETEEN 201
LUNAR DAY TWENTY 208
Last Quarter 214
LUNAR DAY TWENTY- ONE 215
LUNAR DAY TWENTY- TWO 222
LUNAR DAY TWENTY- THREE 228
LUNAR DAY TWENTY- FOUR 232
LUNAR DAY TWENTY- FIVE 236
LUNAR DAY TWENTY- SIX 240
LUNAR DAY TWENTY- SEVEN 244
LUNAR DAY TWENTY- EIGHT 249
Tables, Charts, and Resources 252
TIME CONVERSION CHART 253
MOON DATES AND TIMES TABLES 257
LUNAR ECLIPSES: 2011– 2020 278
LUNAR ECLIPSES: 2021– 2030 281
LUNAR ECLIPSES: 2031– 2040 284
MARIA CHART 287
LANDMARK FEATURES CHART 289
RECOMMENDED WEB SITES AND DOWNLOADS 292
CHALLENGE LISTS AND OBSERVING 293
Index 335

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.3.2010
• Reihe/Serie: Astronomer's Pocket Field Guide
• Reihe/Serie: Astronomer's Pocket Field Guide
• Zusatzinfo: X, 220 p. 252 illus.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Crater hopping • Craters and rilles on the Moon • Determining lunar days • Features of the Moon • Geography of the Moon • Information • Lunar Observing • Lunar Transient Phenomena • Moon • quality • telescope
• ISBN-10: 1-4419-0646-0 / 1441906460
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-0646-5 / 9781441906465