Book Description
The most comprehensive account of Australian astronomy to date.
Author : Raymond Haynes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 11,81 MB
Release : 1996-06-27
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780521365758
The most comprehensive account of Australian astronomy to date.
Author : M. A. Orr
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 47,57 MB
Release : 2024-07-29
Category : Science
ISBN :
"Stars of the Southern Skies, an illuminating work by M. A. Orr, offers a captivating exploration of the celestial wonders visible in the southern hemisphere. This insightful book serves as both a guide and a tribute to the breathtaking beauty of the southern night sky, blending scientific knowledge with an appreciation for the cosmos. In this engaging text, Orr provides detailed observations and descriptions of key constellations, stars, and astronomical phenomena unique to the southern skies. The book is enriched with vivid illustrations and star maps, making it an accessible and invaluable resource for amateur astronomers, stargazers, and anyone interested in the mysteries of the universe. Stars of the Southern Skies is celebrated for its clear explanations and accessible style, which make complex astronomical concepts understandable for readers of all backgrounds. Orr’s enthusiasm for the subject shines through, offering readers a deeper connection to the stars and a greater appreciation for the wonders of the southern hemisphere. Whether you are a seasoned observer or a curious newcomer, Stars of the Southern Skies provides a comprehensive and inspiring look at the celestial treasures above. This book is a must-have for anyone looking to explore the night sky and discover the beauty and intrigue of the stars that light up the southern horizon. Order your copy today and embark on a journey through the cosmos with M. A. Orr as your guide.
Author : Mary Acworth Orr
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 24,41 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Southern sky (Astronomy)
ISBN :
Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 35,87 MB
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1465443177
Explore the stars with more than 30 fun activities. Focus your telescope and get ready to learn all about the night sky. This book is full of activities that will help you spot different constellations, make paper planets, and launch your own rocket.
Author : Stephen James O'Meara
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 25,52 MB
Release : 2013-04-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1107015014
In Southern Gems, Stephen James O'Meara makes a detour beneath the southern skies, presenting a fresh list of 120 deep-sky objects for southern hemisphere stargazers to observe. Showcasing many exceptional objects catalogued by the pioneering observer James Dunlop, known as the 'Messier of the southern skies', all are visible through small- to moderate-sized telescopes or binoculars under dark skies. The list features some of the blackest dark nebulae, icy blue planetary nebulae, and magnificent galaxies of all types. Each object is accompanied by beautiful photographs and sketches, original finder charts, visual histories, and up-to-date astrophysical background information. Whether you live in the southern hemisphere or are just visiting, this new Deep-Sky Companion will make a perfect observing partner, whatever your background. There is no other southern sky guide like it on the market.
Author : David Leverington
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 48,53 MB
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 0521899931
Radio Observatory and Telescope Index -- General Index
Author : P Murdin
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 5610 pages
File Size : 24,97 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1000523039
In a unique collaboration, Nature Publishing Group and Institute of Physics Publishing have published the most extensive and comprehensive reference work in astronomy and astrophysics. This unique resource covers the entire field of astronomy and astrophysics and this online version includes the full text of over 2,750 articles, plus sophisticated search and retrieval functionality and links to the primary literature. The Encyclopaedia's authority is assured by editorial and advisory boards drawn from the world's foremost astronomers and astrophysicists. This first class resource is an essential source of information for undergraduates, graduate students, researchers and seasoned professionals, as well as for committed amateurs, librarians and lay people wishing to consult the definitive astronomy and astrophysics reference work.
Author : David P.D. Munns
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 11,37 MB
Release : 2012-10-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0262304279
How radio astronomers challenged national borders, disciplinary boundaries, and the constraints of vision to create an international scientific community. For more than three thousand years, the science of astronomy depended on visible light. In just the last sixty years, radio technology has fundamentally altered how astronomers see the universe. Combining the wartime innovation of radar and the established standards of traditional optical telescopes, the “radio telescope” offered humanity a new vision of the universe. In A Single Sky, the historian David Munns explains how the idea of the radio telescope emerged from a new scientific community uniting the power of radio with the international aspirations of the discipline of astronomy. The radio astronomers challenged Cold War era rivalries by forging a united scientific community looking at a single sky. Munns tells the interconnecting stories of Australian, British, Dutch, and American radio astronomers, all seeking to learn how to see the universe by means of radio. Jointly, this international array of radio astronomers built a new “community” style of science opposing the “glamour” of nuclear physics. A Single Sky describes a communitarian style of science, a culture of interdisciplinary and international integration and cooperation, and counters the notion that recent science has been driven by competition. Collaboration, or what a prominent radio astronomer called “a blending of radio invention and astronomical insight,” produced a science as revolutionary as Galileo's first observations with a telescope. Working together, the community of radio astronomers revealed the structure of the galaxy.
Author : S.M. Ansari
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 11,88 MB
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401598622
Proceedings of the Joint Discussion-17 at the 23rd IAU General Assembly, organised by the Commission 41, held in Kyoto, Japan, August 25-26, 1997
Author : Wayne Orchiston
Publisher : Springer
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 37,55 MB
Release : 2014-11-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319076140
This book contains papers from a conference held to celebrate the 70th birthday of one of the world’s foremost astronomical historians, Professor F. Richard Stephenson, the latest recipient of the American Astronomical Society’s highest award for research in astronomical history, the LeRoy Doggett Prize. Reflecting Professor Stephenson’s extensive research portfolio, this book brings together under one cover papers on four different areas of scholarship: applied historical astronomy (which Stephenson founded); Islamic astronomy; Oriental astronomy and amateur astronomy. These papers are penned by astronomers from Canada, China, England, France, Georgia, Iran, Japan, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Portugal, Thailand and the USA. Its diverse coverage represents a wide cross-section of the history of astronomy community. Under discussion are ways in which recent research using historical data has provided new insights into auroral and solar activity, supernovae and changes in the rotation rate of the Earth. It also presents readers with results of recent research on leading historical figures in Islamic and Oriental astronomy, and aspects of eighteenth and nineteenth century Australian, British, German and Portuguese amateur astronomy, including the fascinating ‘amateur-turned-professional syndrome’.