The Amateur Astronomer
Sir Patrick Moore, CBE, FRS is without a doubt the world’s most widely known and respected of broadcasters on astronomy. His BBC-TV program, The Sky at Night, remains the longest-running TV program in the history of broadcasting. For more than three decades The Amateur Astronomer has inspired genera...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer London
2006, 2006
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| Edition: | 12th ed. 2006 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Astronomy as a Hobby
- The Unfolding Universe
- Telescopes and Observatories
- The Solar System
- The Sun
- The Moon
- Occultations and Eclipses
- Aurorae and the Zodiacal Light
- The Nearer Planets
- The Outer Planets
- Comets and Meteors
- The Stellar Sky
- The Nature of a Star
- Double Stars
- Variable Stars
- Star Clusters and Nebulae
- Galaxies
- Beginnings and Endings