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The Amateur Astronomer [electronic resource] /by Patrick Moore.

by Moore, Patrick [author.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Springer London, 2006.Edition: Twelfth Edition.Description: XIII, 293 p. 140 illus. online resource.ISBN: 9781846282867.Subject(s): Science (General) | Astronomy | Popular Science | Popular Science in Astronomy | AstronomyDDC classification: 520 Online resources: Click here to access online
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.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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 generations of amateur astronomers. Almost uniquely, Patrick Moore has written a book that is useful to astronomers at all levels, from beginner to expert. Appendices – completely updated in this new edition – provide extensive star, lunar and planetary maps, along with a vast amount of data and information that makes this book an essential for every amateur astronomer’s library.
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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.

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 generations of amateur astronomers. Almost uniquely, Patrick Moore has written a book that is useful to astronomers at all levels, from beginner to expert. Appendices – completely updated in this new edition – provide extensive star, lunar and planetary maps, along with a vast amount of data and information that makes this book an essential for every amateur astronomer’s library.

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