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  • The 100 Best Astrophotography Targets

    A Monthly Guide for CCD Imaging with Amateur Telescopes

    by Ruben Kier ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Any amateur astronomer who is interested in astrophotography, particularly if just getting started, needs to know what objects are best for imaging in each month of the year. These are not necessarily the same objects that are the most spectacular or intriguing visually. The camera reveals different things and has different requirements. What objects in the sky tonight are large enough, bright ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

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  • Titan Unveiled

    Saturn's Mysterious Moon Explored

    by Ralph Lorenz, Jacqueline Mitton ...
    This beautifully illustrated volume reveals the startling discoveries about Saturn's largest moon made by the Cassini-Huygens probe in 2005.In the early 1980s, when the two Voyager spacecraft skimmed past Titan, Saturn's largest moon, they transmitted back enticing images of a world concealed in a seemingly impenetrable orange haze. Scientists speculated about its mysteries for years. Finally, in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beyond UFOs

    The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Its Astonishing Implications for Our Future

    by Jeffrey Bennett ...
    The quest for extraterrestrial life doesn't happen only in science fiction. This book describes the startling discoveries being made in the very real science of astrobiology, an intriguing new field that blends astronomy, biology, and geology to explore the possibility of life on other planets. Jeffrey Bennett takes readers beyond UFOs to discuss some of the tantalizing questions astrobiologists ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • The Moon

    A Biography

    by Dr David Whitehouse ...
    In The Moon David Whitehouse explains how our nearest celestial neighbor was created (and what moonrocks tell us of its earth-shattering origins), and how its existence may have been a crucial factor in mankind being here at all. Whitehouse discusses how man has related to it, worshipped it and blamed it for his own 'lunacy' - though can it really affect our behavior? He tells how the first person ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

    Seventy-Five Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life

    by Stephen Webb ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Given the fact that there are perhaps 400 billion stars in our Galaxy alone, and perhaps 400 billion galaxies in the Universe, it stands to reason that somewhere out there, in the 14-billion-year-old cosmos, there is or once was a civilization at least as advanced as our own. The sheer enormity of the numbers almost demands that we accept the truth of this hypothesis. Why, then, have we ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Night Sky

    by Storm Dunlop, Wil Tirion ...
    Series series How to Identify
    (Illustrations are best viewed on a tablet.)An introductory guide to navigating your way around the night sky and identifying what you can see on any given night.Please note that this is the 2004 edition. Chart data is accurate to the end of 2009.Designed as a comprehensive introduction for the beginner and those who want to find out more, How to Identify the Night Sky covers everything that can ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Goldilocks and the Water Bears

    The Search for Life in the Universe

    by Louisa Preston ...
    'Highly recommended' Financial TimesToday we know of only a single planet that hosts life: the Earth. But across a Universe of at least 100 billion possibly habitable worlds, surely our planet isn't the only one which, like the porridge Goldilocks sought, is just right for life?Astrobiologists search the galaxy for conditions that are suitable for life to exist, focusing on similar worlds located ... Read more

    $15.49 USD

  • Practical Astronomy with your Calculator

    by Peter Duffett-Smith ...
    Practical Astronomy with your Calculator, first published in 1979, has enjoyed immense success. The author's clear and easy to follow routines enable you to solve a variety of practical and recreational problems in astronomy using a scientific calculator. Mathematical complexity is kept firmly in the background, leaving just the elements necessary for swiftly making calculations. The major topics ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • It Came From Outer Space Wearing an RAF Blazer!

    A Fan's Biography of Sir Patrick Moore

    by Martin Mobberley ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    To British television viewers, the name ‘Patrick Moore’ has been synonymous with Astronomy and Space Travel since he first appeared on The Sky at Night in 1957. To amateur astronomers he has been a source of inspiration, joy, humour and even an eccentric role model since that time. Most people know that his 55 years of presenting The Sky at Night is a world record, but what was he really like in ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Atlas of Astronomical Discoveries

    by Govert Schilling ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Offers a unique combination of informative text, magnificent illustrations and stylish designExamines the 100 most important discoveries since the invention of the telescopeFeatures spectacular photographs, taken with the largest telescopes on Earth and in space, that portray distant corners of the universeAuthor Govert Schilling is a renowned astronomy journalist and science communicatorIn his ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • A Visual Astronomer's Photographic Guide to the Deep Sky

    A Pocket Field Guide

    by Stefan Rumistrzewicz ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Over the last 15 years or so there has been a huge increase in the popularity of astrophotography with the advent of digital SLR cameras and CCD imagers. These have enabled astronomers to take many images and, indeed, check images as they scan the skies. Processing techniques using computer software have also made ‘developing’ these images more accessible to those of us who are ‘chemically ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Idaho Total Eclipse Guide

    by Aaron Linsdau ...
    On August 21, a remarkable event will occur over Idaho. A rare total eclipse will pass directly over the Gem State. If you are planning to view the total eclipse in Idaho, you need the Idaho Total Eclipse Guide.This book has everything you need to know about viewing and photographing the eclipse across the state. In it, you will find some of the secret locations locals know.Why Buy the Idaho Total ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus