The A Yearly Guide to Sky-Watching 2009 Plotner, Tammy. creator author. SpringerLink (Online service) text xxu 2009 monographic eng

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access XIV, 418 p. online resource. The Night Sky Companion is far more than just an observing guide. It is a year's journey into the science and facts of astronomy and space travel, along with some of its history and the men and women who made it. If you're a sky watcher equipped with any kind of astronomical telescope, binoculars, or even just your eyes, you are sure to find this book fascinating and useful. Taking a day-by-day look at the sky over the course of the whole year, Tammy Plotner has assembled a digest to appeal to all amateur and practical astronomers, as well as "armchair" astronomers. In this book you'll find a wealth of information touching upon every aspect of your observations, including hwo to locate the object you're looking for, whether it's a meteor shower, a comet, a variable star, a crater on the Moon, or the remnants of a supernova. By the time the year is over, you'll be an expert on the skies-and ready to tackle yet another year of exciting projects! January, 2009 -- February, 2009 -- March, 2009 -- April, 2009 -- May, 2009 -- June, 2009 -- July, 2009 -- August, 2009 -- September, 2009 -- October, 2009 -- November, 2009 -- December, 2009. by Tammy Plotner. PHYSICS ASTRONOMY PHYSICS ASTRONOMY POPULAR SCIENCE IN ASTRONOMY 9780387795096 99780387795096 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79509-6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79509-6 100301 20260521092010.0 978-0-387-79509-6