Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of
Astronomy 2024 contains comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes
and an authoritative set of sky charts to enable backyard astronomers
and sky gazers everywhere to plan their viewing of the year’s
eclipses, comets, meteor showers and minor planets as well as
detailing the phases of the Moon and visibility and locations of the
planets throughout the year. To supplement all this is a variety of
entertaining and informative articles, a feature for which the
Yearbook of Astronomy is known. Presenting the reader with information
on a wide range of topics, the articles for the 2024 edition include,
among others, Recent Advances in Astronomy; Recent Advances in Solar
System Exploration; Riccardo Giacconi: X-ray Astronomy Pioneer; Things
Fall Apart – Chaos in the Solar System; Communicating From the Edge
of the Solar System; Astronomy in Antarctica; Tracking Older
Artificial Satellites; Inner Lives of Dead Stars; and A Triumvirate of
Telescope Makers – Thomas Cooke, Howard Grubb and Alvan Clark. This
iconic publication made its first appearance way back in 1962, shortly
after the dawning of the Space Age. Now into its seventh decade of
production, the Yearbook continues to be essential reading for anyone
lured and fascinated by the magic of astronomy and who has a desire to
extend their knowledge of the Universe and the wonders to which it
plays host. The Yearbook of Astronomy is indeed an inspiration to
amateur and professional astronomers alike, and warrants a place on
the bookshelf of all stargazers and watchers of the skies.
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ISBN
9781399044028
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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