Skip to content

Opening book details…

Can I read The Practical Astronomer : Explore the Wonders of the Night Sky on EtoBox?

The Practical Astronomer : Explore the Wonders of the Night Sky by Will Gater is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Practical Astronomer : Explore the Wonders of the Night Sky about?

Discover the wonders of the Universe with this complete introduction to observing and understanding the night sky.This practical guide explains and demystifies stargazing, teaching you to recognize different kinds of objects and showing you how they move through the sky over the course of the night and the year. It shows you how to understand and enjoy the cosmos, building your practical astronomy skills from the basics to more advanced techniques.Beginning with an explanation of the Universe itself - how big is it, what shape is it, how old is it, and will it end? - it then takes you on a tour around the night sky, building up your knowledge in simple stages. Practical advice begins with naked-eye observations, then illustrated step-by-step instructions show you how to set up and use binoculars and telescopes and how to take your own pictures of the night sky. It also lets you take a closer look at the different objects you can view in the night sky, telling you how to train your eye to recognize basic patterns of stars (constellations) and how to tell planets apart from other celestial bodies, showing you how to observe them in an innovative step-by-step way. An atlas of the nigh

Author
Will Gater
Publisher
New York, New York: DK Publishing
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9780744021615
Subjects
Science, Nature, Physics

Other editions & translations

More by Will Gater

Browse all works by Will Gater

Similar books