* Stjärnkarta i färg som visar (nästan) hela himlen med positionen på 600 av de finaste objekt på himlen. * Kartan viks ihop för enkel förvaring och transport. * Orion DeepMap 600 visar stjärnhimlen från -60 graders till +90 graders deklination. Detta innebär att hela stjärnhimlen som är synlig från Europa är med på kartan. […]
Utforska vår granne i rymden, planeten Mars. Orion Mars Map visar ett stort antal spännande detaljer och informationer på planeten och gör på så vis observationer av Mars mycket mer spännande.Orion Mars Map & Observing Guide – språk: Engelska * Språk: Engelska * Ett ovärderligt hjälpmedel för observationer av den röda planeten. * Visar detaljer […]
Using High-Powered Telescopes from Home * Tells amateur astronomers how anyone at home can access and use a professional telescope at a remote observatory. * Explains the technology behind the development of remote observatories, once only used by professionals but now available to amateur observers. * Includes practical information on how to choose a remote […]
En genomgång av det Brittiska rymdprogrammet från Blue steel till Principia, och histrorien om dess astronauter från Helen Sharman till Tim Peake.Tim Peake and Britain’s Road to Space – Författare: Erik Seedhouse For centuries the British developed a reputation as a nation of explorers. From Francis Drake’s circumnavigation of the globe to the ascent of […]
The perfect starting point for first-time spectroscope users, with no heavy mathematics and with information on how to buy and use an entry-level spectroscope. Describes how to buy and use an entry-level spectroscope and describes specific details on the transmission filters for cameras and telescopes. Packed with practical tips on how to use simple commercial grating spectroscopes. Presents clear […]
* Provides all the background material needed to appreciate and understand the astronomy of the major radio sources that are observable by amateurs * Contains the information necessary to build and use a low cost backyard radio telescope. * No previous experience in electronics is required. * Gives plans for a simple cook-book radio telescope […]
En förklaring om varför det är så viktigt att förstå effekterna av solens energirika partiklar, och möjligheten om att förutse dem, från ett modernt samhälles perspektiv.Solar Particle Radiation Storms Forecasting and Analysis – Författare: Olga E. Malandraki & Norma B. Crosby Solar energetic particles (SEPs) emitted from the Sun are a major space weather hazard […]
Lately there have been more and more news stories on objects from space such as asteroids, comets, and meteors whizzing past Earth. One even exploded in the atmosphere over a Russian city in 2012, causing real damage and injuries. Impacts are not uncommon in our Solar System, even on Earth, and people are beginning to […]
Makes the area of astrochemistry accessible to amateur astronomers and the general educated publicThe Chemical Cosmos – A Guided Tour, Author: Steve Miller If you have ever wondered how we get from the awesome impersonality of the Big Bang universe to the point where living creatures can start to form, and evolve into beings like […]
Ökat tryck i början av 1960-talet från National Academy of Sciences (NAS) för att studera sätt att utöka astronauternas roll för att bedriva vetenskap på framtida rymduppdrag ledde till NASA:s slutsats att vetenskapligt utbildade besättningsmedlemmar skulle generera större resultat från varje uppdrag.NASA’s Scientist-Astronauts by David, Shayler, Burgess, Colin NASA och industristudier fortsatte att undersöka möjligheter […]
Includes some rare photos of the most iconic telescopes ever built, revealing their allure and making obvious the value of these wonderful instruments. Shows readers how to find real bargains on classic telescopes, especially using eBay and the rest of the Internet. Interviews top telescope collectors and users from both sides of the Atlantic. Includes review of some […]
Intressanta mysterier inom konst, historia, och literatur som kan undersökas och lösas med vetenskapliga metoder.Further Adventures Of The Celestial Sleuth – Författare: Donald W. Olson From the author of ”Celestial Sleuth” (2014), yet more mysteries in art, history, and literature are solved by calculating phases of the Moon, determining the positions of the planets and […]
* Introduces astrophotography targets that are usually left out of commercially available books. * At a glance, readers can see the 50 best targets that can be imaged in the Southern sky. * Explains how image processing techniques can be used for wet film photographs as well as digital. Imaging the Southern Sky, Authors: Chadwick, […]
This book is a companion to Byrnes’s award-winning Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Near Side of the Moon (Springer, 2005). It provides comprehensive coverage of the far side of the Moon, and is the first book that collects photographs from all five Lunar Orbiter missions: Clementine, Apollo, Luna, Zond, and Nozomi. As in the […]
A special celestial event climaxes towards the end of 2013, the arrival, fresh from the Oort Cloud, of Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON). By all predictions, this comet was set to be one of the most dazzling comets seen in modern history.Blazing a Ghostly Trail – ISON and Great Comets of the Past and Future, Author: […]
