A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings write by Harold Hill. This book was released on 2003-09-18. A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Harold Hill's achievement is to awaken us to the stark, compelling beauty of the moon, with its mighty ringwalls and glistening highlands. Each image tells its own story. Each is constructed with precision and attention to detail.
Observing Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, and the Zodiacal Light
Observing Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, and the Zodiacal Light - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Observing Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, and the Zodiacal Light write by Stephen J. Edberg. This book was released on 1994-10-06. Observing Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, and the Zodiacal Light available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When can you see fireballs and who should you contact if you spot one? When is it best to hunt for comets and meteors and whereabouts? How do you gauge the size of the coma in the head of a comet and estimate its degree of condensation? Clear and easy to use, this guide shows you how to make successful and valuable observations and records of comets, asteroids, meteors and the zodiacal light. For each topic the historical background and current scientific understanding support a wealth of observational techniques. Comet observers are shown techniques for search and discovery. They can learn how to make visual estimates of brightness and size, and how to make photographic studies of cometary heads and tails. Asteroid hunters will find a 'life list' of quarry and guidelines on how to search for these objects and then how to photograph or electronically image them. Fruitful photographic and electronic methods for studying meteors and meteor showers are provided. Visual and photographic techniques show you how to examine the often elusive zodiacal light. The more adventurous are provided with advanced techniques on how to make successful astrometric, spectroscopic and electronic observations. This is rounded off with an invaluable list of centres world-wide to contact with your details of unusual sightings.
Observing the Sun
Observing the Sun - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Observing the Sun write by Peter O. Taylor. This book was released on 1991-11-21. Observing the Sun available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Observing the Sun is one of the most interesting and rewarding facets of astronomy to which amateurs can contribute. Few areas of science offer as many opportunities to contribute meaningful data. It is the one branch of astronomy that requires only modest equipment and can be pursued during the day. Peter Taylor is a keen and highly experienced observer of the Sun. In this book he explains in a clear and practical way everything that a telescope user needs to know in order to make solar observations. The author draws on his many years of personal experience as a contributor to the Solar Division of the American Association of Variable Star Observers and to the American Sunspot Program. The book deals with the following topics: historical background, choice of equipment for the safe conduct of solar observations, observations of sunspots, and reporting observations. New techniques, such as electronic recording and the operations of radio telescopes, are included. The level of presentation is understandable to anyone with basic astronomical knowledge and some experience in handling a small telescope.
Sketching the Moon
Sketching the Moon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sketching the Moon write by Richard Handy. This book was released on 2011-12-11. Sketching the Moon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For anyone artistically inclined, observing the Moon and attempting to sketch or paint it can easily become a passion. The Moon presents a broad array of tone, texture, and form. Capturing this in a painting or sketch at the eyepiece of a telescope – or even with binoculars – develops observational skills, leaves a record of the observation, and can also be a delightful and rewarding pastime. However, the choice of media available is extensive (acrylic paint, oils, pen, charcoal, etc., and even computer art programs), and there is no existing text that fully explains all lunar sketching and painting techniques in each respective medium. This beautiful and graphically rich book fulfills this requirement. It presents detailed step-by-step instructions, in the form of illustrated tutorials for every major medium employed to represent the Moon. It also provides practical advice on how to sketch outdoors at night (not ideal conditions for an artist!). This is easily the most extensive book on the subject of lunar art for amateur astronomers, particularly those observing through a telescope. The diverse features of the lunar surface will attract and entice readers to review the number of different media presented, exciting and inspiring them with the possibilities of learning to depict all of the fascinating aspects of Earth's very own satellite.
Lunar and Planetary Webcam User's Guide
Lunar and Planetary Webcam User's Guide - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lunar and Planetary Webcam User's Guide write by Martin Mobberley. This book was released on 2006-08-03. Lunar and Planetary Webcam User's Guide available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book de-mystifies the jargon of webcams and computer processing, and provides detailed hints and tips for imaging the Sun, Moon and planets with a webcam. It demonstrates how inexpensive tools are revolutionizing imaging in amateur astronomy. Anyone with a modest telescope and a webcam can now obtain jaw-dropping lunar and planetary images to rival those taken with mid-range astronomical CCD cameras costing thousands of dollars. A glance through the images in this book shows just what spectacular results can be achieved by using a webcam with your telescope! Your scientific results will be sought by professional astronomers.
