Astronomy Adventures and Vacations (eBook)

How to Get the Most Out of Astronomy in Your Leisure Time

Timothy Treadwell (Autor)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2017
XIV, 262 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-50002-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This astronomy travel guide exposes the many wonderful opportunities for experiencing the observing hobby farther afield. Amateur astronomy is often consigned to observing from home or from a local park, yet it can be much more. Treadwell explores all the possibilities of astronomical and space-related activities that are available on day trips and longer vacations. These activities range from observatory visits and other simple ways to build an astronomy event into a holiday, to full blown specialized astronomy travel. There are a wide variety of activities offered for all budgets, often at popular holiday destinations.

 
Many trips give the opportunity to visit the world's famous attractions. On most vacations it can be a matter of just taking a day (or night) out of your schedule to fit in an astronomy event, but larger, dedicated pilgrimages are also possible. How to make the most of astronomy potential on a holiday, whether observing on the beach in Hawaii with the Telescope Guy or visiting the summit of Mauna Kea, is covered in detail. There are a wide variety of activities for all budgets, covering many popular travel destinations.

 
The Star Party scene is also explored, with practical advice on how to get the most out of these events and the National Parks and Dark Sky Parks events. Additionally, there are now numerous opportunities with various conventions and specialist events to meet an astronaut. Information is also given about the numerous ways of enjoying the Northern Lights, including aurora flights and one-off events such as eclipses and desert skies. For the more adventurous, there are visits to Star City in Russia for cosmonaut training or even witnessing a launch or landing at the Baikonur Centre in Kazakhstan. Amateur astronomers of all levels will find the right match for their travel and star gazing bug in these pages.

Timothy Treadwell is a retired high school teacher & keen amateur astronomer. He has a substantial home observatory featuring William Optics 132 & 110 refractors on a Celestron CGE mounting, all housed in an observatory with a rotating dome.

When he's not observing the night sky from his observatory, Tim is most likely observing it from various other parts of the world!

Inhalt

Part I Astronomy.- Chapter 1 Telescope Shops & Astronomy Shows.- Chapter 2 Planetaria & Science Museums.- Chapter 3 In Search of Dark Skies.- Chapter 4 Star Parties.- Chapter 5 Astronomy in the National Parks.- Chapter 6 Hawaii.- Chapter 7 The Northern Lights.- Chapter 8 Southern Skies.- Chapter 9 Eclipses & Other Time Specific Events.- Chapter 10 Observing Other Astronomically Related Phenomena.- Chapter 11 Enhancing Your Observing Experience.- Part II Space.- Chapter 12 NASA Visitor Centers & Other U.S. Space Sites.- Chapter 13 Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Star City.- Chapter 14 Meet an Astronaut.- Chapter 15 Cosmic Adventures.- Appendix: Useful Books and Websites.- Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.3.2017
• Reihe/Serie: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
• Reihe/Serie: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
• Zusatzinfo: XIV, 262 p. 170 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Astronomy Observing in Hawaii • Astronomy Trips • Aurora Trips • Dark Sky Trips • National Park Observing • Observatories to Visit • Observing Trips • Travel for Dark Sky Observing • Travel for Northern Lights • Travel in Florida for Space Events
• ISBN-10: 3-319-50002-3 / 3319500023
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-50002-7 / 9783319500027