Moongazing: Beginner's Guide to Exploring the Moon by Tom Kerss, Royal Observatory Greenwich Collins | November 2018 | eISBN 9780008313920 | ePUB | 16.3 mb https://www.amazon.com/Moongazing-Beginners-Guide-Exploring-Moon/dp/0008305005
An in-depth guide for aspiring astronomers and Moon observers. Includes detailed Moon maps and covers the history of lunar observation and exploration, the properties of the Moon, its origin and orbit.
- Optimised for colour tablets, the images in this ebook are not best-suited for viewing on black and white devices. - This is the ideal book for Moon observers covering essential equipment, and the key events to look out for. - Detailed advice is given on how to choose a telescope and how to capture the Moon in sketches. - Discover all you need to know about eclipses, blue moons, supermoons, conjunctions and occultations. - A comprehensive section covers astrophotography using lenses, telescopes, Smartphones, including video and how to process your images. - Comes with a photographic atlas of lunar features with plates and annotated maps. - A glossary of key terms, index of lunar features and software references are also provided
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CONTENTS - Introduction
- The Moon[
The Moon and its Origin The Moon's Orbit and Rotation Lunar Cycle and Phases Surface Features History of Lunar Observation History of Lunar Exploration Observing the Moon Choosing a telescope Eyepieces and Filters Sketching Special Events Eclipses Conjunctions and Occultations Supermoon Blue Moon
- Lunar Atlas
Introduction to the Lunar Atlas Lunar Atlas
- Astrophotography
Lunar Astrophotographv Afocal Smartphone Photography Wide-Angle and Telephoto Lunar Photography Lunar Photography with a Telescope Understanding Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) Processing Videos and Images Creating Videos from DSLR Images Revealing the Moon's True Colours - Glossary' of Terms - Software References - Observing Log - Index to Lunar Atlas Features - Acknowledgements - About the Publisher |