An informative sidekick to Stan Shadick's annual award-winning Skywatchers calendars, Skywatcher's Companion presents fascinating stories for skywatchers of all ages.Discover the wonders of the night sky and learn how to find the star patterns that have inspired the myths and storytelling of great cultures of the past. Meet the gods and goddesses of Rome, Greece and Mesopotamia and see how they found their way into the many constellations that dominate the ever-changing no...

Stargazing Throughout the Seasons in the Northern Hemisphere is an excerpt from The Star Book that guides you through the night skies in the Northern Hemisphere, through wide-angle star charts. Looking at the main constellations, stars and celestial showpieces of the northern celestial sphere, beginning with constellations around the north pole and then taking a season by season view. Most northern constellations are as familiar to today's stargazers as they were to the a...

Why would a child enjoy a Big Book of the Cosmos for Kids (Picture Book)? If you have a child that is inspired by the solar system and the planets, they will absolutely love a Big Book of the Cosmos for Kids. It is a picture book that shows magnificent photos of our solar systems planets and other planetary bodies. Likewise, explaining just what all these things are. Hollywood produces many sci-fi movies involving the solar systems. So it should be no surprise that children would enjoy a b...

Living with the Stars tells the fascinating story of what truly makes the human body. The body that is with us all our lives is always changing. We are quite literally not who we were years, weeks, or even days ago: our cells die and are replaced by new ones at an astonishing pace. The entire body continually rebuilds itself, time and again, using the food and water that flow through us as fuel and as construction material. What persists over time is not fixed but merely a pattern...

A parent who wishes to teach a child more about the universe needs to definitely help the child understand the many items that occupy our galaxy. This book would be excellent because a young child will not be skilled enough to gather information from a text only book. However, this is an illustrated guide of the cosmos that will show beautiful and artistically created pictures that will stick in the mind of a child. This also allows the child to ask questions of the parent, which can invol...

There are currently thousands of amateur astronomers around the world engaged in astrophotography at a sophisticated level. Their ranks far outnumber professional astronomers doing the same and their contributions both technically and artistically are the dominant drivers of progress in the field today. This book is a unique collaboration of individuals world-renowned in their particular area and covers in detail each of the major sub-disciplines of astrophotography. This approach offers t...

Welcome to Beginner's Guide to Astronomy Part 2!Ever wondered how you can better view the stars, planets and comets with the help of modern technology? This book will give beginners to astronomy the tools and tips to navigate the mystical sky to gain a deeper understanding of the fascinating galaxy.Besides a brief introduction to astronomy, you will learn about astronomy in modern times and the applications and software that a budding astronomer can use to strengthen his ar...

Amid a century devastated by war, space exploration was perhaps mankind's greatest achievement of the twentieth century. Yet remarkably, in a world where most technology progresses constantly, space exploration appears to have gone backwards. Man has not returned to the moon since 1972; the space shuttle programme has finished and not been replaced; much-vaunted promises of space tourism have not become realistic.In this remarkable book, David Ashford looks back at the story of spa...

What star is that? Where is the Great Bear? A Walk through the Heavens is a beautiful and easy-to-use guide to the constellations of the northern hemisphere. By following the unique simplified maps, readers will be able to easily find and identify the constellations and the stars within them. Ancient myths and legends of the sky are retold, adding to the mystery of the stars. Written for the complete beginner, this practical guide introduces the patterns of the starry skies in a memorable ...

This book is for the amateur astronomer who wants to know about the astrophysical nature of deep sky objects. The information is presented in a concise format and is equally valuable when used as background reading or, alternatively, at the telescope eyepiece.The past decades have seen an unprecedented increase in professional astronomers' understanding of astronomical objects. However, generally this information is contained in journal publications that most amateur astronomers ei...

On August 21, a remarkable event will occur over Oregon. A rare total eclipse will pass directly over the Gem State. If you are planning to view the total eclipse in Oregon, you need the Oregon Total Eclipse Guide.This book has everything you need to know about viewing and photographing the eclipse across the state. In it, you will find some of the secret locations locals know.Why Buy the Oregon Total Eclipse Guide?Where should you watch the eclipse from? How will y...

The purpose of the book is a dual one: to detail the nature and results of Tunguska investigations in the former USSR and present-day CIS, and to destroy two long-standing myths still held in the West. The first concerns alleged “final solutions” that have ostensibly been found in Russia or elsewhere. The second concerns the mistaken belief that there has been little or no progress in understanding the nature of the Tunguska phenomenon. All this is treated by the author in a scholarly and ...