Re: The Night Sky Observer's Guide Ebook Download
Berry Spitsberg
Observers no longer need to wonder what they will turn their attention to each night of the year with this updated text of a beloved favorite from Sir Partick Moore. His night-by-night account of the stars is the best possible guide an observer could ask for, and now includes the latest data for the years 2015-2020, preserving and extending Sir Patrick Moore's legacy.
This book is a practical, well organized, concise guide to photographing the night sky. It contains chapters on photographing star points, star trails, moon shots, etc. The book is informative and full of inspirational images.
The photos within this book are shot from the United States of America, making it very appealing to North American stargazers. This clear and practical guide will help photographers of all levels portray the stunning spectacle of the night sky.
This book introduces the basics of observational astronomy. It explains the essentials of time and coordinate systems, and their use in basic observations of the night sky. The fundamental concepts and terminology are introduced in simple language making very little use of equations and math. Examples illustrate how to select the relevant information from widely accessible resources, and how to use the information to determine what is visible and when it is visible from the reader's particular location. Particular attention is paid to the dependence of the appearance and motion on the observer's location, by extending the discussion to include various latitudes in both North and South hemispheres.