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TitleDiscover the moon
AuthorJean Lacroux and Christian Legrand
PublisherCambridge University Press
Year2004
Extent143 p.
Physical descriptionill.
SummaryThe Moon is accessible to everyone, and easy to observe even in big cities. It is a prime target for aspiring astronomers and for those who are merely curious about the night sky. This easy-to-use guide to discovering lunar sites takes the reader through fourteen observing sessions from New Moon to Full Moon. For each evening, the book shows which craters, mountains and other features can be seen, and how to find them. Each photograph shows what the observer actually sees through a telescope, solving the usual difficulties of orientation confronting beginners. Images are shown as they appear through both refracting and reflecting telescopes. Maps printed on the front and back flaps of the book show the whole Moon with sites as seen through a refractor, through a Newtonian reflector, or, when turned upside-down, through binoculars.
ToCHow to use this book; Earths Moon; Observation equipment and sites; Guide to the Moon; From Full Moon to New Moon; References; Glossary; Latin and English Names.
Reference8009
ISBN9780521525718
Type of materialText Book
Received01/02/2012
LOCATION
Signature523.3 LAC
ShelfmarkMoon (523.3)
LibraryOffice no.6, 5th floor, SLO

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