The Backyard Stargazer: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Skywatching With and Without a Telescope

The Backyard Stargazer: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Skywatching With and Without a Telescope

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Book Description
Stargazing is an activity that lasts a lifetime. There's nothing like the thrill of glimpsing Saturn's rings for the first time or seeing, with the aid of a simple pair of binoculars, a fuzzy patch in the sky resolve into a cluster of sparkling stars. The Backyard Stargazer will help you discover new wonders in the night sky, whether you observe from a lounge chair in your backyard, a camp set up far from city lights, or a ship's deck on a special "stargazing cruise."

Written in a conversational, accessible style, The Backyard Stargazer is a down-to-earth guide to observing the night (and daytime!) sky without having to invest in a lot of equipment.

You'll discover:

• What you need to get started: a clear night, a red-light flashlight, and a copy of The Backyard Stargazer to guide your observing sessions
• Seasonal star maps to help you spot constellations-and more-year round
• Things you never knew about the Moon, Sun, and planets
• What causes an eclipse and how you can travel to see one
• How stars are born and where comets come from
• How to photograph auroras, meteors, and constellations
• What you can see with the naked eye, binoculars, and-when you're ready-a small telescope

Includes 46 easy projects for planet-watching, moon-viewing, and constellation-spotting!

About the Author
Patricia Price is a freelance writer and editor whose interest in astronomy was sparked in the late 1960s by the Apollo Moon missions, and kindled in the '80s by a stint as a writer/producer of astronomy shows at the Edmonton Space Sciences Centre in Alberta, Canada. She lives with her amateur astronomer husband and aging cat in Arlington, Massachusetts.

The Backyard Stargazer: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Skywatching With and Without a Telescope,Patricia Price,Quarry Books,1592531482,Amateurs' manuals,Astronomy,Astronomy - General,Astronomy - Star Guides,General,Nature,Observers' manuals,Science,Science/Mathematics,Star Observation

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