Code: CAM004
Serial number: ISBN 9780521535557
Publication year: 2004
Editor / Manifacturer: Cambridge University
Language: English
Dimensions: 17,5x23 cm
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Discover the Moon
Jean Lacroux - Christian Legrand - Translated by: Christopher Sutcliffe
144 pages - 5 bw illus., 126 colour illus., 3 tables
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 refracting and reflecting telescopes. Maps printed on the front and back flaps of the book show the whole Moon with sites as seen through a refractor, through a Newtonian reflector, or, when turned upside-down, through binoculars.
Excerpt of Discover the Moon
Italiano
