Overview
- Approaches the subject from a novel angle – the Moon as a physical, Earth-like landscape that anyone can “visit,” rather than as a distant night-sky object on a par with the Pleiades or Orion nebula
- Focuses on sights that are easy to find, and interesting to see, rather than examining every little crater
- Highlights connections to well-known science fiction stories and movies
Part of the book series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series (PATRICKMOORE)
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Have you ever been inspired by stunning images from the Hubble telescope, or the magic of sci-fi special effects, only to look through a small backyard telescope at the disappointing white dot of a planet or faint blur of a galaxy? Yet the Moon is different. Seen through even a relatively cheap 'scope, it springs into life like a real place, with mountains and valleys and rugged craters. With a bit of imagina
tion, you can even picture yourself as a sightseeing visitor there – which in a sense you are.
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“For those whoare telescopically inclined, May takes us through choosing a telescope, photographic options … and a various tours of aspects of the Moon's surface, from the great craters to sites of Apollo landings. … for anyone beginning to explore the Moon with anything from binoculars to a heavy duty garden telescope, this is a brilliant introduction and guide.” (Brian Clegg, Popular Science, popsciencebooks.blogspot.co.uk, July, 2017)
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Book Title: The Telescopic Tourist's Guide to the Moon
Authors: Andrew May
Series Title: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60741-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60740-5Published: 10 July 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60741-2Published: 29 June 2017
Series ISSN: 1431-9756
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6562
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 230
Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations, 78 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Astronomy, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)