Simple Stargazing (First Edition)
Anton Vamplew
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Add to basketSold by Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
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Add to basketLONDON: Harper Collins / Index, 2005. First edition. Second printing. Hardcover. Glossy illustrated boards matching the dust jacket design, with red endpapers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A tight, clean copy. Publisher's original price intact on front jacket flap (£12.99). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Octavo, 160 pages including index. Prior owner s neat gift inscription on title page. An introduction to amateur astronomy, offering practical guidance on how to observe stars, planets, and constellations with the naked eye or simple equipment. Anton Vamplew is a British astronomer, author, and BBC science presenter whose works help demystify celestial observation for beginners.
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A first-time skywatcher’s guide from bright new talent, BBC Blue Peter astronomer, Anton Vamplew
Most books on stargazing claim to be for beginners, but by page 12 are talking about celestial equators and sidereal months. No wonder so many people have planispheres but no idea how to use them.
Working at the planetarium in Greenwich, Anton has met hundreds of enthusiastic but utterly bemused beginners of all ages, and has made sense of the night sky for them. In this book he introduces the night sky just as if he were by your side, pointing everything out. And contrary to popular belief, you don't need any expensive equipment to start skygazing. Anton takes you through all the things you can discover with just the naked eye.
The book is suitable for use in the northern and southern hemispheres – two sections give equal coverage to where to start and what you can see wherever you are in the world, whenever.
Anton's profile is on the rise as Britain's new face of astronomy. For seven years he was the BBC Blue Peter astronomer, and he currently appears regularly on the BBC 7 Big Toe Radio Show, as well as on TV and radio news shows commenting on space and astronomy stories. He writes monthly for both the BBC Sky at Night magazine and the BBC Space website. Anton is also a presenter, writer and producer of planetarium shows, where he is dedicated to getting the astronomy message across to all ages.
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