Practical Astronomy
eBook - PDF

Practical Astronomy

A User-Friendly Handbook for Skywatchers

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Practical Astronomy

A User-Friendly Handbook for Skywatchers

About this book

This practical manual provides essential material for the extensive world-wide community of non-professional astronomers. Every page of the book is alive with the infectious enthusiasm of the author whose expertise, knowledge and teaching experience provides easy access to the fascination and enjoyment of sky-watching. - Provides essential material for the extensive world-wide community of non-professional astronomers - The author's enthusiasm is reflected in every page, and his expertise, knowledge and teaching experience provides easy access to the fascination and enjoyment of sky-watching - Includes chapters on the celestial sphere, the sun and sundials, star positions, star maps, planispheres and nomograms, and light and basic optics

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Practical Astronomy: A User-friendly Handbook for Skywatchers
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  9. Chapter 1. The Celestial Sphere
  10. Chapter 2. The Sun and Sundials
  11. Chapter 3. Star positions, Star maps, Planispheres and Nomograms
  12. Chapter 4. Light and Basic Optics
  13. Chapter 5. Miscellaneous calculations
  14. Chapter 6. Appendices and useful information
  15. Index