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***Summer Stargazing:***
A Practical Guide for Recreational Astronomers
Author: Terence Dickinson,Hardcover: 64 pages
The cool,clear nights from May to October offer astronomers the best opportunities for stargazing.Few sights in nature can compare with the splendor of a dazzling star-filled sky.Summer Stargazing captures the grandeur of the universe with simplicity.All that is needed is a reasonably dark night sky,a pair of binoculars or a simple telescope.The book features everything else the amateur astronomer needs,including easy-to-use color star charts that cover the entire North American sky for one year & photographic-quality charts for this main stargazing season.With Summer Stargazing, astronomers can delve into the majesty of the starry night to explore:
Planets of the Solar System
Galaxies
Remote star-forming nebulas
Glittering star dusters and more.
An abundantly illustrated guide to the year's best stargazing season."Summer brings with it fine stargazing weather;it also happens to be the time of the year when our galaxy, the Milky Way, arches high across the sky."Helpful advice is given for safely viewing special phenomena such as eclipses and auroras.An informative, useful, and beautiful guide to observing the summer night sky above North America.Illustrated with charts, many full-color photographs,this large-format book features succinct, topics such as binoculars, telescopes,observation sites,moon watching,stargazing, comets,auroras,eclipses,meteor showers,& identifying constellations.Beyond the information provided, the book's most useful feature is its presentation of sky charts In a series of spreads, seven segments of the night sky are shown with duplicate photos on facing pages.The left-hand page shows a star-studded section of the night sky.On the right page, the same section of sky appears with the constellations delineated by connect-the-dot lines & the major stars & star groups labeled.