The Amateur Astronomer [electronic resource] /
Moore, Patrick.author.
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.
Previous ed.: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289) and index.
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.
Astronomy.
Observations, Astronomical.
Astronomy-Observations.
Popular Science in Astronomy.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.