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The Cambridge Photographic Guide To The Planets
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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Photographic Guide to the Planets by : F. W. Taylor
Download or read book The Cambridge Photographic Guide to the Planets written by F. W. Taylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-11-15 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Photographic Guide to the Planets includes a broad selection of the latest images of the planets, moons, comets, and asteroids of the Earth's Solar System. Beginning with a comprehensive introduction to the planetary system, its origin and its evolution, physicist Frederick Taylor devotes each chapter to a different planet or Solar System body, with a thorough presentation of its moons and rings, and incorporates images from planetary missions and explanatory captions. Having worked with NASA and the European Space Agency on missions to Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, and Titan, Taylor offers an unusually experienced perspective in this comprehensive reference. Frederic W. Taylor is Halley Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford and a Distinguished Visiting Scientist in the Earth and Space Sciences Division at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. His research interests include the physics of planetary atmospheres; experimental methods for studying atmospheres; and the theory of atmospheric radiation and atmospheric molecular spectroscopy.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Eclipse Photography Guide by : Jay M. Pasachoff
Download or read book The Cambridge Eclipse Photography Guide written by Jay M. Pasachoff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-11-18 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable handbook for observing and photographing the forthcoming solar and lunar eclipses due in the 1990s.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Planetary Handbook by : Michael E. Bakich
Download or read book The Cambridge Planetary Handbook written by Michael E. Bakich and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-02-03 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive reference text on planetary astronomy written for the general reader.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System by : Kenneth R. Lang
Download or read book The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System written by Kenneth R. Lang and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly illustrated with full-color images, this book is a comprehensive, up-to-date description of the planets, their moons, and recent exoplanet discoveries. This second edition of a now classic reference is brought up to date with fascinating new discoveries from 12 recent Solar System missions. Examples include water on the Moon, volcanism on Mercury's previously unseen half, vast buried glaciers on Mars, geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus, lakes of hydrocarbons on Titan, encounter with asteroid Itokawa, and sample return from comet Wild 2. The book is further enhanced by hundreds of striking new images of the planets and moons. Written at an introductory level appropriate for undergraduate and high-school students, it provides fresh insights that appeal to anyone with an interest in planetary science. A website hosted by the author contains all the images in the book with an overview of their importance. A link to this can be found at www.cambridge.org/solarsystem.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas by : Axel Mellinger
Download or read book The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas written by Axel Mellinger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the latest methods in digital photography and image processing, The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas presents the whole sky through large-scale photographic images with corresponding charts. Each double-page spread shows a section of the night sky and is accompanied by an inverted chart highlighting and naming double stars, variable stars, open clusters, galactic and planetary nebulae, globular clusters, and galaxies. The 82 large-scale charts, with a scale of 1° per cm, identify over 1500 deep-sky objects and 2500 stars. Providing a giant mosaic of the entire sky, this unique atlas is unparalleled in detail and completeness, making it indispensable for visual observers and astrophotographers.
Book Synopsis The Worlds Around Us by : Ellen Jackson
Download or read book The Worlds Around Us written by Ellen Jackson and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boy named Jason visits each one of the planets, and a few of Saturn's moons, and tells what he observes while on their surfaces.
Book Synopsis Observing the Solar System by : Gerald North
Download or read book Observing the Solar System written by Gerald North and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a well-known and experienced amateur astronomer, this is a practical primer for all aspiring observers of the planets and other Solar System objects. Whether you are a beginner or more advanced astronomer, you will find all you need in this book to help develop your knowledge and skills and move on to the next level of observing. This up-to-date, self-contained guide provides a detailed and wide-ranging background to Solar System astronomy, along with extensive practical advice and resources. Topics covered include: traditional visual observing techniques using telescopes and ancillary equipment; how to go about imaging astronomical bodies; how to conduct measurements and research of scientifically useful quality; the latest observing and imaging techniques. Whether your interests lie in observing aurorae, meteors, the Sun, the Moon, asteroids, comets, or any of the major planets, you will find all you need here to help you get started.
Book Synopsis Space, the Final Frontier? by : Giancarlo Genta
Download or read book Space, the Final Frontier? written by Giancarlo Genta and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-02-13 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are our motivations for going into space? Where does our long-term space future lie? Why, and how, should we strive to reach, if not for the stars, at least for the Moon and Mars? This exciting book looks first at the progress that has already been made in our attempts to explore and expand beyond the Earth. Current and past space technologies and space stations are described, and the effects of the space environment on the human body are explained. A discussion of the merits of the robotic exploration of space is followed by a look at our exploration of the Moon and Mars. Final chapters touch on propulsion methods required for leaving our solar system, and ask which of the possibilities for future space travel is most likely to succeed. This thought provoking book will appeal to all those with an interest in the future of space exploration.
Book Synopsis The Scientific Exploration of Venus by : F. W. Taylor
Download or read book The Scientific Exploration of Venus written by F. W. Taylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading Venus researcher explains in a friendly non-technical style what we know through our investigations of Earth's 'twin' planet.
Book Synopsis Next Stop Neptune by : Alvin Jenkins
Download or read book Next Stop Neptune written by Alvin Jenkins and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that on the asteroid Ceres you could jump six miles high? That on Pluto it gets so cold that the atmosphere freezes and falls to the ground as snow? Or that there is a volcano on Mars that is almost three times as tall as Mount Everest? Join astronomer Alvin Jenkins and illustrator Steve Jenkins as they take you on an incredible tour of our solar system. Filled with amazing facts about planets, moons, asteroids and everything in between—and some of what lies beyond—this book will take you on a journey you won’t soon forget.
Download or read book New Scientist written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mercury written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Sun by : Jay M. Pasachoff
Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Sun written by Jay M. Pasachoff and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb
Book Synopsis Cambridge Astronomy Guide by : William Liller
Download or read book Cambridge Astronomy Guide written by William Liller and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1990-08-23 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Astronomy Guide is intended for lovers of astronomy who wish to do more than just look at the night sky or marvel at glossy pictures of it. It tells you how to get outside and actually practise astronomy, even if you own nothing more than a simple camera. Astronomy, more than any other science, offers amateurs the opportunity to make meaningful and lasting contributions to the field. This Guide explains in simple non-mathematical terms how you can take stunning star photographs and then put them to use making valuable contributions to the science of astronomy. Ben Mayer's odd-numbered chapters provide a fascinating account told with much humour of how one raw amateur got started and quickly progressed to become one of the world's best known and in many ways most successful amateur astronomers. Bill Liller's even-numbered chapters provide a more extensive commentary on much of what Ben writes, plus some additional material which gives the professional point of view.
Book Synopsis New Scientist and Science Journal by :
Download or read book New Scientist and Science Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cosmos written by Jay M. Pasachoff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 733 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the fundamentals of astronomy together with the hottest current topics in this field, such as exoplanets and gravitational waves.
Book Synopsis The Observer's Guide to Planetary Motion by : Dominic Ford
Download or read book The Observer's Guide to Planetary Motion written by Dominic Ford and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the naked eye, the most evident defining feature of the planets is their motion across the night sky. It was this motion that allowed ancient civilizations to single them out as different from fixed stars. “The Observer’s Guide to Planetary Motion” takes each planet and its moons (if it has them) in turn and describes how the geometry of the Solar System gives rise to its observed motions. Although the motions of the planets may be described as simple elliptical orbits around the Sun, we have to observe them from a particular vantage point: the Earth, which spins daily on its axis and circles around the Sun each year. The motions of the planets as observed relative to this spinning observatory take on more complicated patterns. Periodically, objects become prominent in the night sky for a few weeks or months, while at other times they pass too close to the Sun to be observed. “The Observer’s Guide to Planetary Motion” provides accurate tables of the best time for observing each planet, together with other notable events in their orbits, helping amateur astronomers plan when and what to observe. Uniquely each of the chapters includes extensive explanatory text, relating the events listed to the physical geometry of the Solar System. Along the way, many questions are answered: Why does Mars take over two years between apparitions (the times when it is visible from Earth) in the night sky, while Uranus and Neptune take almost exactly a year? Why do planets appear higher in the night sky when they’re visible in the winter months? Why do Saturn’s rings appear to open and close every 15 years? This book places seemingly disparate astronomical events into an understandable three-dimensional structure, enabling an appreciation that, for example, very good apparitions of Mars come around roughly every 15 years and that those in 2018 and 2035 will be nearly as good as that seen in 2003. Events are listed for the time period 2010-2030 and in the case of rarer events (such as eclipses and apparitions of Mars) even longer time periods are covered. A short closing chapter describes the seasonal appearance of deep sky objects, which follow an annual cycle as a result of Earth’s orbital motion around the Sun.
