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Stephen James O´Meara´s Observing the Night Sky with Binoculars: A Simple Guide to the Heavens
Stephen James O´meara
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Description for Stephen James O´Meara´s Observing the Night Sky with Binoculars: A Simple Guide to the Heavens
paperback. Useful guide and reference for amateur astronomers exploring the night sky through handheld binoculars. Num Pages: 168 pages, 225 b/w illus. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 211 x 9. Weight in Grams: 504. A Simple Guide to the Heavens. 168 pages, 225 b/w illus. Useful guide and reference for amateur astronomers exploring the night sky through handheld binoculars. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WNX. Dimension: 297 x 211 x 9. Weight: 504.
Month by month, star by star, object by object, Stephen James O'Meara takes readers on a celestial journey to many of the most prominent stars and constellations visible from mid-northern latitudes. Filled with interesting anecdotes about the stars and constellations and their intriguing histories, this book is both a useful guide for amateur astronomers, and a great first-time reference for those just starting out. After describing a constellation's mythology, readers are guided in locating and identifying its brightest stars in the sky, as well as any other bright targets of interest - colourful stars, double or multiple stars, star clusters ... Read more
Month by month, star by star, object by object, Stephen James O'Meara takes readers on a celestial journey to many of the most prominent stars and constellations visible from mid-northern latitudes. Filled with interesting anecdotes about the stars and constellations and their intriguing histories, this book is both a useful guide for amateur astronomers, and a great first-time reference for those just starting out. After describing a constellation's mythology, readers are guided in locating and identifying its brightest stars in the sky, as well as any other bright targets of interest - colourful stars, double or multiple stars, star clusters ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521721707
SKU
V9780521721707
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-20
About Stephen James O´meara
Stephen James O'Meara spent much of his career on the editorial staff of Sky & Telescope. He is a columnist and contributing editor for Astronomy magazine and a world-renowned science popularizer. For his many outstanding achievements in astronomy, including the visual recovery of Halley's comet in 1985, pre-Voyager visual discovery of the spokes in Saturn's B-ring, and being the first ... Read more
Reviews for Stephen James O´Meara´s Observing the Night Sky with Binoculars: A Simple Guide to the Heavens
'O'Meara's writing inspires and his passion and enthusiasm for observing leaps off the pages.' Sky at Night Magazine '… O'Meara's book really did keep me interested from the outset. … the reader is left feeling as though they have truly learned about what they have seen. … Within each chapter there is interesting information that covers stars, nebulae, galaxies, star ... Read more