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Discover the Moon
Jean Lacroux
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Description for Discover the Moon
paperback. Guide to discovering lunar sites, for beginners. Translator(s): Sutcliffe, Christopher. Num Pages: 144 pages, 5 b/w illus. 126 colour illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: PGG; PGS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 176 x 10. Weight in Grams: 434.
The Moon is accessible to everyone, and easy to observe even in big cities. It is a prime target for aspiring astronomers and for those who are merely curious about the night sky. This easy-to-use guide to discovering lunar sites takes the reader through fourteen observing sessions from New Moon to Full Moon. For each evening, the book shows which craters, mountains and other features can be seen, and how to find them. Each photograph shows what the observer actually sees through a telescope, solving the usual difficulties of orientation confronting beginners. Images are shown as they appear through both ... Read more
The Moon is accessible to everyone, and easy to observe even in big cities. It is a prime target for aspiring astronomers and for those who are merely curious about the night sky. This easy-to-use guide to discovering lunar sites takes the reader through fourteen observing sessions from New Moon to Full Moon. For each evening, the book shows which craters, mountains and other features can be seen, and how to find them. Each photograph shows what the observer actually sees through a telescope, solving the usual difficulties of orientation confronting beginners. Images are shown as they appear through both ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521535557
SKU
V9780521535557
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-24
About Jean Lacroux
Jean Lacroux has been a columnist for the French astronomy magazine Ciel et Espace for 25 years. He has published four successful amateur astronomy books in French. Christian Legrand is an engineer and amateur astronomer, who has been a passionate lunar observer since the Apollo missions.
Reviews for Discover the Moon
'Discover the Moon had me hooked from the moment I opened the book … Beautifully produced in full colour and packed full of interesting information and photos. Discover the Moon provides a wonderful introduction to observing our closest neighbour in space. The Moon may be a dead world but the authors manage to bring it alive!' Astronomy & Space 'Lacroux ... Read more