Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto and How to Observe Them

• Main Author: Schmude Jr., Richard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
• Series: Astronomers' Observing Guides,
• Subjects: Popular works.; Planetology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

This book tells the story of two giants and a dwarf. The giants, Uranus and Neptune, are mostly huge balls of gas, and they make their home in the remotest reaches of the Solar System. The dwarf, Pluto, which can usually be found even farther out than the two giants, was always small, but up until a...

Table of Contents:

• The Uranus System
• The Neptune System
• Pluto and Its Moons
• Observing Uranus and Neptune with Binoculars and Small Telescopes
• Observing with Medium-Sized Telescopes
• Observing with Large Telescopes.