Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: why another stargazing guide?
- Part I Stargazing techniques and equipment
- 1 With the naked eye alone
- 2 Binoculars: the next step
- 3 “But I want a telescope!”
- Part II What's up there?
- Part III A stargazing glossary
- Appendix 1 the Greek alphabet
- Appendix 2 the constellations
- Some simple star charts
- Index
1 - With the naked eye alone
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: why another stargazing guide?
- Part I Stargazing techniques and equipment
- 1 With the naked eye alone
- 2 Binoculars: the next step
- 3 “But I want a telescope!”
- Part II What's up there?
- Part III A stargazing glossary
- Appendix 1 the Greek alphabet
- Appendix 2 the constellations
- Some simple star charts
- Index
Summary
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- Stargazing BasicsGetting Started in Recreational Astronomy, pp. 9 - 16Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008