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Title: Viewing and Imaging the Solar System: A Guide for Amateur Astronomers (The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series)
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: 2014
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1461451787
ISBN 13: 9781461451785
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This book helps the reader get the most out of observing and photographing a variety of objects in the Solar System, from Earth's moon and easily observable major planets and moons to the more difficult to observe smaller planets, asteroids, and comets.

About the Author

Jane Clark is an English amateur astronomer who earns her living as an engineer. She has a Ph.D. in physics and an MBA from Warwick University. She completed two years of postdoctoral training at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio before returning to England to begin an industrial career. She became interested in both astronomy and photography as a teenager in the 1970s, photography much more seriously, although as her career progressed and family commitments increased, both interests lapsed. She acquired a telescope in 2006, shortly after completing her MBA, and quickly became hooked on observing. This experience made her realize that astronomy is a lot more fun than business administration. She is a member of Bristol Astronomical Society, and was a founder member of West Norfolk Astronomy Society. Jane gives talks on the Solar System to astronomy clubs, and other societies as diverse as the cub scouts and church wives’ groups; and helps with the public outreach activities of her club in Bristol.

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