Astronomy Adventures and Vacations

How to Get the Most Out of Astronomy in Your Leisure Time
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-50000-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 4721 g

Reihe: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series

This astronomy travel guide examines the many wonderful opportunities for experiencing the observing hobby. Amateur astronomy is often consigned to observing from home or from a local park, yet it can be much more. Tim Treadwell explores all the possibilities of astronomical and space-related activities that are available on day trips and longer vacations. These activities range from observatory visits and other simple ways to build an astronomy event into a holiday, to full blown specialized astronomy travel.
Many trips give the opportunity to visit some of the world’s famous attractions. On most vacations it can be a matter of just taking a day (or night) out of your schedule to fit in an astronomy event, but larger, dedicated pilgrimages are also possible. How to make the most of astronomy potential on a holiday, whether observing on the beach in Hawaii with the Telescope Guy or visiting Star City in Russia, is covered in detail. Go to a star party, explore the national parksor see the northern lights! There are a wide variety of activities for all budgets described in this book.

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Treadwell, Timothy

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Sachbuch

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I Astronomy.- Chapter 1 Telescope Shops & Astronomy Shows.- Chapter 2 Planetaria & Science Museums.- Chapter 3 In Search of Dark Skies.- Chapter 4 Star Parties.- Chapter 5 Astronomy in the National Parks.- Chapter 6 Hawaii.- Chapter 7 The Northern Lights.- Chapter 8 Southern Skies.- Chapter 9 Eclipses & Other Time Specific Events.- Chapter 10 Observing Other Astronomically Related Phenomena.- Chapter 11 Enhancing Your Observing Experience.- Part II Space.- Chapter 12 NASA Visitor Centers & Other U.S. Space Sites.- Chapter 13 Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Star City.- Chapter 14 Meet an Astronaut.- Chapter 15 Cosmic Adventures.- Appendix: Useful Books and Websites.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Timothy Treadwell is a retired high school teacher & keen amateur astronomer. He has a substantial home observatory featuring William Optics 132 & 110 refractors on a Celestron CGE mounting, all housed in an observatory with a rotating dome.

When he’s not observing the night sky from his observatory, Tim is most likely observing it from various other parts of the world!