Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface to the second edition
- Introduction: why another stargazing guide?
- Part I Stargazing techniques and equipment
- 1 With the naked eye alone
- 2 Binoculars: the next step
- 3 “But I want a telescope!”
- Part II What's up there?
- Part III A stargazing glossary
- Index
- Plate section
1 - With the naked eye alone
from Part I - Stargazing techniques and equipment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2015
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface to the second edition
- Introduction: why another stargazing guide?
- Part I Stargazing techniques and equipment
- 1 With the naked eye alone
- 2 Binoculars: the next step
- 3 “But I want a telescope!”
- Part II What's up there?
- Part III A stargazing glossary
- Index
- Plate section
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Stargazing BasicsGetting Started in Recreational Astronomy, pp. 9 - 18Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015