Description: TWO AMATEUR ASTRONOMY BOOKS STAR-HOPPING Your Visa to Viewing the Universe By Robert Garfinkle Foreword by Richard Berry 1997 Cambridge University Press Trade Paperback, 329 pages YOUR GUIDE TO THE SKY By Rick Shaffer 1994 Lowell House Trade Paperback, 168 pages STAR-HOPPING: Star-hopping--using easily seen bright stars to locate fainter celestial objects in the night sky--is a basic and essential technique for all star gazers, novice and veteran alike. Robert Garfinkle shows you how to locate the many stellar objects usually overlooked by the untrained eye. Two or more detailed star hops for each month of the year, which can be read in any order, take you on a trip through the night sky, opening new doors of discovery and reinforcing star-hopping methods and techniques. With Garfinkle's able guidance, learn to take the Messier Marathon--a night-long hop across the skies. Additional basic astronomy skills are carefully outlined, including reading star charts, finding celestial directions, understanding telescope types, and using light pollution filters. A lively history of the universe and the ancient myths and legends of the sky round out the text. This is an essential guide for sky gazers who want to get the most out of their evening sky explorations. YOUR GUIDE TO THE SKY: With a comprehensive table outlining when to watch for meteor showers and a special mini-almanac pinpointing the solar and lunar eclipses of the planets, this updated book is the amateur astronomer's essential guide. Fully updated to include the latest information on forthcoming comets. Both books are in Very Good+ condition.
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Book Title: Star-Hopping : Your Visa to Viewing the Universe
Original Language: English
Item Length: 9.8 in
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Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 0.9 in
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Features: Illustrated
Topic: Astronomy
Item Width: 7 in
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Publication Year: 1997
Era: 1990s
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Author: Robert A. Garfinkle
Genre: Science
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 26.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 329 Pages
