Touring the Universe through Binoculars: A Complete Astronomer's GuidebookThis comprehensive work takes you on a personal tour of the universe using nothing more than a pair of binoculars. More comprehensive than any book currently available, it starts with Earth's nearest neighbor, the moon, and then goes on to explore each planet in the solar system, asteroids, meteors, comets and the sun. Following this, the reader is whisked away into deep space to explore celestial bodies including stars that are known and many sights less familiar. The final chapter includes a detailed atlas of deep-sky objects visible through binoculars. The appendices include guidance on how to buy, care for and maintain astronomical binoculars, tips and hints on using them, and detailed information on several home-made binocular mounts. |
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... planet . It was not until 1974 that Mercury finally showed us its true self . That was the year Mariner 10 flew by the planet and sent back spectacular photographs of a rugged , arid , crater - strewn surface . Binoculars prove ...
... planet . It was not until 1974 that Mercury finally showed us its true self . That was the year Mariner 10 flew by the planet and sent back spectacular photographs of a rugged , arid , crater - strewn surface . Binoculars prove ...
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... planet beyond Sa- turn's orbit . That planet later came to be called Uranus , the father of Saturn in mythology . Uranus , the Solar System's third largest planet , measures 32,500 miles across . Unfortunately , our view of the planet ...
... planet beyond Sa- turn's orbit . That planet later came to be called Uranus , the father of Saturn in mythology . Uranus , the Solar System's third largest planet , measures 32,500 miles across . Unfortunately , our view of the planet ...
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... planet . Neptune By the beginning of the 19th century , astronomers had become mysti- fied by the orbital motion of Uranus . Uranus was the only planet in the Solar System that did not behave according to the laws of planetary motion ...
... planet . Neptune By the beginning of the 19th century , astronomers had become mysti- fied by the orbital motion of Uranus . Uranus was the only planet in the Solar System that did not behave according to the laws of planetary motion ...
Contents
Why Binoculars? | 1 |
The Planets | 25 |
Minor Members of the Solar System | 37 |
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Touring the Universe Through Binoculars: A Complete Astronomer's Guidebook Philip S. Harrington No preview available - 1990 |
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8th-magnitude star Alpha amateurs appears asterism astronomers Barnard Beta binary star binocu binoculars Binoculars reveal bright brighter brightest star catalogue celestial Collinder comet constellation crater dark nebula days Cepheid days Eclipsing Binary days Long Period days Semi-Regular deep sky objects detect diameter diffuse nebulae disk double star dozen easily east Eclipsing Binary exit pupil fainter Figure galactic galaxies Gamma giant binoculars giant glasses globular cluster glow h m Mag Irregular larger glasses lens located Long Period Variable look lunar Magellanic Cloud magnification magnitude Mare Messier miles Milky Moon Moon's naked eye nearly nebulosity night Object Typ observers open cluster optical pair Period Comments NGC Photograph planet planetary nebula points of light resolve seen shine Size/Sep solar southern spans spiral spot star field stellar suns telescope Theta tude Typ h m unaided eye variable stars visible in binoculars