Measure Solar System Objects And Their Movements For Yourself!

Amateur astronomers have to start somewhere.Second, it explains how to select equipment that is at the ‘next level’, and describes how use more advanced telescopes and accessories. The trick is to choose the right equipment, and then use it to its fullest extent.

Neither is it a book about in-depth computer processing of the images (although this topic is included). The camera reveals different things and has different requirements. These are not necessarily the same objects that are the most spectacular or intriguing visually. Helpful hints and advice on framing, exposures, and filters are included.

We are all familiar with the beautiful images of planets and galaxies obtained by spacecraft and giant telescopes - but what can you really see with a small telescope? How is this book different? And what is the effect of observing from a site near a city? Seeing Stars Chris Kitchin and Bob Forrest - both professional astronomers - take a conducted tour of the night sky and suggest suitable observing programmes for everyone from beginners to experts. Seeing Stars is written for astronomers, regardless of the depth of their theoretical knowledge, who are taking their first steps in observational astronomy. What should you expect from a small refractor or reflector?.

Once you become familiar with the constellations and how they appear to move across the night sky, the rest is easy.

There will be astronomy history to explore, famous astronomers to meet, and science to learn. T.In these pages you will find lunar features, planets, meteor showers, single and multiple stars, open and globular clusters, as well as distant galaxies.