Naperville Public Library
Library Hours
Monday to Friday: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Naper Blvd. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Home Best Sellers Research a Topic Download & Stream Material Request My Account
     
Limit search to available items
17 results found. Sorted by relevance | date | title .
Results Page:  Previous Next
Author Consolmagno, Guy, 1952- author.

Title Turn left at Orion : hundreds of night sky objects to see in a home telescope-- and how to find them / Guy Consolmagno (Vatican Observatory, Vatican City State, and Tucson, Arizona), Dan M. Davis (Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York).

Edition Fifth edition.
Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3012747~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  523 CON    DUE 04-25-24
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  523 CON    AVAILABLE
QR Code
Description 255 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents How do you get to Albireo? -- How to use this book -- Using your telescope -- Know your telescope -- Basic telescope math -- The moon -- The sun -- Observing planets -- The giant planets : Jupiter & Saturn -- Moons and rings -- The fast moving planets : Venus and Mercury -- Mars -- The far, and the faint : Uranus, Neptune, etc -- Seasonal skies : January-March -- About diffuse nebulae -- About open clusters -- Seasonal skies : April-June -- About planetary nebulae -- About galaxies -- About globular clusters -- Seasonal skies : July-September -- Seasonal skies : October-December -- Northern skies -- Southern skies -- About this fifth edition -- Where do you go from here? -- Accessories -- The truth about cats and Dobs -- Tables.
Summary "A new edition of this best-selling guidebook to the night sky, showing amateur astronomers how to observe a host of celestial wonders." -- Publisher.
Subject Astronomy -- Amateurs' manuals.
Genre Handbooks and manuals.
Added Author Davis, Dan M. (Dan Michael), 1956- author.
ISBN 9781108457569 (alk. paper)
1108457568 (alk. paper)
Patron reviews: add a review
Click for more information
BOOK
No one has rated this material

You can...
Also...
- Find similar reads
- Add a review
- Sign-up for Newsletter
- Suggest a purchase
- Can't find what you want?
More Information

 
 
© Naperville Public Library 2019.