Photo-guide to the constellations : a self-teaching guide to finding your way around the heavens /
There are many books on finding your way round the night sky, but the Photo-guide to the Constellations is unique in showing photographs of how the sky really looks under a variety of different seeing conditions, from city outskirts to the almost-perfect skies deep in the countryside. Along with a d...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Springer,
[1998]
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| Series: | Practical astronomy.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | There are many books on finding your way round the night sky, but the Photo-guide to the Constellations is unique in showing photographs of how the sky really looks under a variety of different seeing conditions, from city outskirts to the almost-perfect skies deep in the countryside. Along with a detailed step-by-step guide to "star hopping" and other useful techniques, these make this an invaluable guide for all newcomers to astronomy. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 149 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-144) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781447106111 (electronic bk.) 1447106113 (electronic bk.) |