Overview
- Brings challenge and fun back to a hobby that goes stale far too quickly for too many budding amateur astronomers
- Takes complex subject matter and makes it easy and entertaining to read and understand
- Readers will learn how to use the most important astronomical tool they have, their eyes, to maximum advantage
- An amateur with 30 years’ experience shows them around the universe, pointing out subtle observational details that probably no-one ever showed them before
Part of the book series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series (PATRICKMOORE)
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About the author
Michael Borgia is a jet pilot instructor for Flight Safety International, and in his spare time a member of Delmarva Stargazers Astronomy Club. He has been an amateur astronomer for 30 years – since his childhood. He believes that he has been in every situation, asked every relevant and irrelevant question, and experienced every frustration known to amateur astronomy. He is the author of numerous training documents for Flight Safety and American Flyers, including full-length technical training texts.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Human Vision and The Night Sky
Book Subtitle: How to Improve Your Observing Skills
Authors: Michael P. Borgia
Series Title: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-46322-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-30776-3Published: 15 September 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-46322-3Published: 11 December 2006
Series ISSN: 1431-9756
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6562
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 292
Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Popular Science in Astronomy