Touring the Universe through Binoculars: A Complete Astronomer's Guidebook
This comprehensive work takes you on a personal tour of the universe using nothing more than a pair of binoculars. More comprehensive than any book currently available, it starts with Earth's nearest neighbor, the moon, and then goes on to explore each planet in the solar system, asteroids, meteors, comets and the sun. Following this, the reader is whisked away into deep space to explore celestial bodies including stars that are known and many sights less familiar. The final chapter includes a detailed atlas of deep-sky objects visible through binoculars. The appendices include guidance on how to buy, care for and maintain astronomical binoculars, tips and hints on using them, and detailed information on several home-made binocular mounts.
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Touring the Universe through Binoculars: A Complete Astronomer's Guidebook
This comprehensive work takes you on a personal tour of the universe using nothing more than a pair of binoculars. More comprehensive than any book currently available, it starts with Earth's nearest neighbor, the moon, and then goes on to explore each planet in the solar system, asteroids, meteors, comets and the sun. Following this, the reader is whisked away into deep space to explore celestial bodies including stars that are known and many sights less familiar. The final chapter includes a detailed atlas of deep-sky objects visible through binoculars. The appendices include guidance on how to buy, care for and maintain astronomical binoculars, tips and hints on using them, and detailed information on several home-made binocular mounts.
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Touring the Universe through Binoculars: A Complete Astronomer's Guidebook

Touring the Universe through Binoculars: A Complete Astronomer's Guidebook

by Philip S. Harrington
Touring the Universe through Binoculars: A Complete Astronomer's Guidebook

Touring the Universe through Binoculars: A Complete Astronomer's Guidebook

by Philip S. Harrington

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This comprehensive work takes you on a personal tour of the universe using nothing more than a pair of binoculars. More comprehensive than any book currently available, it starts with Earth's nearest neighbor, the moon, and then goes on to explore each planet in the solar system, asteroids, meteors, comets and the sun. Following this, the reader is whisked away into deep space to explore celestial bodies including stars that are known and many sights less familiar. The final chapter includes a detailed atlas of deep-sky objects visible through binoculars. The appendices include guidance on how to buy, care for and maintain astronomical binoculars, tips and hints on using them, and detailed information on several home-made binocular mounts.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781620456361
Publisher: TURNER PUB CO
Publication date: 10/01/1990
Series: Wiley Science Editions , #79
Pages: 306
Product dimensions: 7.30(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Why Binoculars?.

The Moon.

The Planets.

Minor Members of the Solar System.

The Sun.

Stellar Happenings.

A Survey of the Night Sky.

Appendices.

Index.

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