The Amateur Astronomer

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Moore, Patrick (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London, 2006.
• Έκδοση: Twelfth Edition.
• Θέματα: Popular works.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

 Sir Patrick Moore, CBE, FRS is without a doubt the world’s most widely known and respected of broadcasters on astronomy. His BBC-TV program, The Sky at Night, remains the longest-running TV program in the history of broadcasting. For more than three decades The Amateur Astronomer has inspired generations of amateur astronomers. Almost uniquely, Patrick Moore has written a book that is useful to astronomers at all levels, from beginner to expert. Appendices – completely updated in this new edition – provide extensive star, lunar and planetary maps, along with a vast amount of data and information that makes this book an essential for every amateur astronomer’s library. 

 Astronomy as a Hobby -- The Unfolding Universe -- Telescopes and Observatories -- The Solar System -- The Sun -- The Moon -- Occultations and Eclipses -- Aurorae and the Zodiacal Light -- The Nearer Planets -- The Outer Planets -- Comets and Meteors -- The Stellar Sky -- The Nature of a Star -- Double Stars -- Variable Stars -- Star Clusters and Nebulae -- Galaxies -- Beginnings and Endings.