Moongazing

An in-depth guide for aspiring astronomers and Moon observers from the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Includes detailed Moon maps and covers the history of lunar observation and exploration, the properties of the Moon, its origin and orbit. This is the ideal book for Moon observers covering essential equipment, and the key events to look out for.Detailed advice is given on how to choose a telescope and how to capture the Moon in sketches.Discover all you need to know about eclipses, blue moons, supermoons, conjunctions and occultations.A comprehensive section covers astrophotography using lenses, telescopes, Smartphones, including video and how to process your images.Comes with a photographic atlas of lunar features with plates and annotated maps.A glossary of key terms, index of lunar features and software references are also provided.

ISBN:	9780008305000
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:	Collins
Published date:	01 Nov 2018
DEWEY:	523.3
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	96
Weight:	156g
Height:	173mm
Width:	159mm
Spine width:	5mm

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