Provides star gazers with the latest data on solar eclipses, phases of the moon, and planetary positions
Author: Jay M. Pasachoff
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: UOM:39076002548464
Category: Science
Page: 578
View: 436
Provides star gazers with the latest data on solar eclipses, phases of the moon, and planetary positionsProvides star maps, explains how to locate and identify major stars and planets, and offers advice on working with a telescope
Author: Peter Lancaster Brown
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN: 0806972688
Category: Science
Page: 148
View: 492
Provides star maps, explains how to locate and identify major stars and planets, and offers advice on working with a telescopeProvides star gazers with the latest data on solar eclipses, phases of the moon, and planetary positions.
Author: Jay M. Pasachoff
Publisher: Peterson Field Guides (Paperba
ISBN: 0395934311
Category: Nature
Page: 588
View: 168
Provides star gazers with the latest data on solar eclipses, phases of the moon, and planetary positions.A basic field guide for beginning observers of the night sky, introducing information on the locations, names, and characteristics of stars, constellations, and other bodies in outer space.
Author: Jay M. Pasachoff
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0395935423
Category: Nature
Page: 128
View: 555
A basic field guide for beginning observers of the night sky, introducing information on the locations, names, and characteristics of stars, constellations, and other bodies in outer space.Contains color illustrations and photos of the planets, comets, eclipses, and other
objects within our solar system; also includes star charts for locating planets.
1262. Chartrand, Mark R. Skyguide: A Field Guide for Amateur Astronomers.
Author: Diane Schmidt
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
ISBN: 1563087073
Category: Nature
Page: 304
View: 303
Focusing on the North American continent, this book, the first of its kind, identifies and describes major field guides in all scientific subject areas (from plants, animals, and insects to astronomy and weather, geology and fossils, and man-made objects). Organized by topic, it offers complete bibliographic information and descriptions of more than 1,300 field guides.As I write these words I have just heard that yet another star has been discovered
which has planets orbiting it. ... Surprisingly many of the stars which have been
reported as having planets are quite bright, and so easily within reach of small ...
Author: Mike Inglis
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781447136804
Category: Science
Page: 324
View: 852
This star guide enables astronomers to choose a class of object, and for any month of the year find an observation list that begins with the easiest through to progressively more difficult targets. Following detailed descriptive summaries of each class of object, it includes extensive lists of deep-sky targets which are classified according to type of object. Amateur astronomers of all levels will find this book invaluable for its broad-ranging background material, its lists of fascinating objects, and for its power to improve practical observing skills while viewing many different types of deep-sky objects.Cosmos makes sense of this dizzying celestial panorama by exploring it one step at a time and by illustrating the planets, moons, stars, nebulae, white dwarfs, black holes and other exotica that populate the heavens with over 450 of the ...
Author: Giles Sparrow
Publisher: Booksales
ISBN: 1905204299
Category: Photography
Page: 224
View: 429
The largest ever (42 cm x 35 cm) fully illustrated guide to the universe from our home planet to the edge of space and time.Our view of the universe covers at least 130 billion trillion kilometers (80 billion trillion miles) in every direction around us. We know that the magnificent vault of stars emblazoning Earth's night skies are an infinitesimal fraction of the hundreds of billions that inhabit our galaxy, and we know there are at least as many galaxies in the universe as there are stars in the Milky Way. Cosmos makes sense of this dizzying celestial panorama by exploring it one step at a time and by illustrating the planets, moons, stars, nebulae, white dwarfs, black holes and other exotica that populate the heavens with over 450 of the most spectacular and up-to-date photographs and illustrations. We begin at home, with an orbital survey of planet Earth, before venturing deeper into the solar system via the Moon, Venus, Mercury, the Sun and Mars. Crossing the asteroid belt takes us into the outer solar system and the realm of the gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Beyond Neptune's orbit we encounter a graveyard of icy debris left over from the solar system's formation that marks the outer limits of the Sun's sphere of influence. Emerging in interstellar space, we head for the heart of our galaxy as the rhythms of stellar life unfold before our eyes: we pass through dark clouds of dust and gas ablaze with clusters of newly smelted stars, we watch dying stars bloom and fade as planetary nebulae, or tear themselves apart as supernovae. Navigating through thick swarms of stars, we reach the galactic core, a gravitational maelstrom of exotic stars in the thrall of a supermassive black hole.Having crossed the Milky Way, we enter intergalactic space. Out here we watch the hidden lives of galaxies: we see them tear their companions apart or devour them whole, we see them flock and cluster, forming massive conglomerations that span millions of light years and warp space with their tremendous gravity. As we press ever deeper into the cosmos, so we travel further back in time. After covering an almost unimaginable 13.4 billion light years, we approach the edge of space and the dawn of time where our voyage must end, but not before we consider how our universe was born, and how it might die.Of course, the larger the telescope the greater the range, but things are not nearly
so daunting as the beginner sometimes believes. For instance, binoculars will
give splendid low-power views of the Moon's surface as well as rich star fields, ...
Author: P. Moore
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521585821
Category: Nature
Page: 256
View: 897
Presents an introduction to astronomy for the amateur stargazer, covering the sun, the moon, the planets, solar system debris, galaxies, constellations, and recent discoveriesA field guide to the night sky, explaining through text and maps how to locate and identify stars, planets, meteors, comets, and constellations.
Author: Gary Mechler
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 0606185836
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Page:
View: 874
A field guide to the night sky, explaining through text and maps how to locate and identify stars, planets, meteors, comets, and constellations.Ridpath writes concisely and movingly about the sky, and Tirion's charts are beautifully done and easy to follow. This is a superb guide to the night sky.
Author: Ian Ridpath
Publisher:
ISBN: 0691089124
Category: Science
Page: 400
View: 307
Presents an illustrated guide to the stars and planets, featuring a general introduction to astronomy, a detailed guide to the Solar System, charts of all eighty-eight constellations, and a month-by-month companion to the night sky.PRINCETON FIELD GUIDES Rooted in field experience and scientific study,
Princeton's guides to animals and plants are ... and Sarah Fowler Stars and
Planets: The Most Complete Guide to the Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and the Solar
System, ...
Author: Gregory S. Paul
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9781400883141
Category: Nature
Page: 360
View: 734
A fully updated and expanded new edition of the acclaimed, bestselling dinosaur field guide The bestselling Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs remains the must-have book for anyone who loves dinosaurs, from amateur enthusiasts to professional paleontologists. Now extensively revised and expanded, this dazzlingly illustrated large-format edition features some 100 new dinosaur species and 200 new and updated illustrations, bringing readers up to the minute on the latest discoveries and research that are radically transforming what we know about dinosaurs and their world. Written and illustrated by acclaimed dinosaur expert Gregory Paul, this stunningly beautiful book includes detailed species accounts of all the major dinosaur groups as well as nearly 700 color and black-and-white images—skeletal drawings, "life" studies, scenic views, and other illustrations that depict the full range of dinosaurs, from small feathered creatures to whale-sized supersauropods. Paul's extensively revised introduction delves into dinosaur history and biology, the extinction of nonavian dinosaurs, the origin of birds, and the history of dinosaur paleontology, as well as giving a taste of what it might be like to travel back in time to the era when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Now extensively revised and expanded Covers nearly 750 dinosaur species, including scores of newly discovered ones Provides startling new perspectives on the famed Brontosaurus and Tyrannosaurus Features nearly 700 color and black-and-white drawings and figures, including life studies, scenic views, and skull and muscle drawings Includes color paleo-distribution maps and a color time line Describes anatomy, physiology, locomotion, reproduction, and growth of dinosaurs, as well as the origin of birds and the extinction of nonavian dinosaursA basic field guide for beginning observers of the solar system, introducing information on the locations and characteristics of the planets, sun, comets, meteors, and other objects in our solar system.
Author: Jay M. Pasachoff
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0395971942
Category: Nature
Page: 128
View: 670
A basic field guide for beginning observers of the solar system, introducing information on the locations and characteristics of the planets, sun, comets, meteors, and other objects in our solar system.N. America) — Roberta Rocks and Minerals — Pough Stars and Planets —
Pasachoff Atmosphere — Schaefer and Day Eastern Reptiles and Amphibians —
Conant and Collins Western Reptiles and Amphibians — Stebbins Shells of the ...
Author: Kent H. McKnight
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0395910900
Category: Nature
Page: 429
View: 324
More than 1,000 species of mushrooms described in detail. Over 700 paintings and drawings reveal subtle field marks that cannot be captured into photographs.The Official Guide of the National Association of Science Writers Deborah Blum,
Mary Knudson ... Astronomers know, for example, that the visible stars and
planets are made of ordinary chemical elements, mostly hydrogen and helium,
with a ...
Author: Deborah Blum
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195124944
Category: Science
Page: 287
View: 327
This authoritative handbook gathers together insights and tips, personal stories and lessons of some of America's best-known science writers, men and women who work for "The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Examiner, Time, ", National Public Radio, and other eminent news outlets. Filled with wonderful anecdotes and down-to-earth, practical information, it is both illuminating and a pleasure to read.rETERSON FIELD GUIDES continued PLANTS EDIBLE WILD PLANTS Eastern
and central North America 92622 - X ... 16438 - 3 ROCKS AND MINERALS North
America 91096 - X STARS AND PLANETS 93431 - 1 ATMOSPHERE 97631 - 6 ...
Author: Steven Foster
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0395838061
Category: Health & Fitness
Page: 442
View: 782
Features more than five hundred plants and herbs of North America providing information on their location and medicinal uses.As a nocturnal image bats are often combined with other symbols representing
stars or the moon. The cross pattern on the wing of the bat represents a star or
planet. The rabbit is the symbol for moon. The moon is carried off by the stars to
be ...
Author: James R. Cunkle
Publisher: American Traveler Press
ISBN: 0935810706
Category: Travel
Page: 32
View: 251
Native Americans of the past told stories using characters such as Kokopelli, Spider Grandmother, and the Warrior Twins. They also relayed the importance of animals and plants in their artwork. Read about them in this guidebook.N. Americai— Roberts Rocks and Minerals — Pough Stars and Planets —
Pasochoff Atmosphere — Schaefer and Day Eastern Reptiles and Amphibians —
Conant and Collins Western Reptiles and Amphibians — Stebhins Shells of the ...
Author: Roger Tory Peterson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 039597514X
Category: Nature
Page: 320
View: 390
Describes the calls, range, and male and female markings of more than one thousand species