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- Includes over 100 suggestions for astronomy and space-related activities
- Features both casual local observing and far-flung destination trips
- Enables amateur astronomers to get the most out of any holiday vacation
Part of the book series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series (PATRICKMOORE)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Astronomy
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This astronomy travel guide examines the many wonderful opportunities for experiencing the observing hobby. Amateur astronomy is often consigned to observing from home or from a local park, yet it can be much more. Tim Treadwell explores all the possibilities of astronomical and space-related activities that are available on day trips and longer vacations. These activities range from observatory visits and other simple ways to build an astronomy event into a holiday, to full blown specialized astronomy travel.
Many trips give the opportunity to visit some of the world’s famous attractions. On most vacations it can be a matter of just taking a day (or night) out of your schedule to fit in an astronomy event, but larger, dedicated pilgrimages are also possible. How to make the most of astronomy potential on a holiday, whether observing on the beach in Hawaii with the Telescope Guy or visiting Star City in Russia, is covered in detail. Go to a star party, explore the national parksor see the northern lights! There are a wide variety of activities for all budgets described in this book.Reviews
“The well-illustrated text briefly covers many topics: telescope shops, magazines, planetariums, science museums, and observatories. … Summing Up: Recommended. General readers.” (M.-K. Hemenway, Choice, Vol. 55 (1), September, 2017)
“The book lists numerous space-related tourist attractions, from museums and NASA visitor centres to working observatories that are open to the public. … this is an impressively well-researched book on a fascinating and unique subject … . Definitely recommended for anyone who’s interested in astronomy and looking for an excuse to get out and about!” (Popular Science, popsciencebooks.blogspot.de, April, 2017)
Authors and Affiliations
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Stafford, United Kingdom
Timothy Treadwell
About the author
Timothy Treadwell is a retired high school teacher & keen amateur astronomer. He has a substantial home observatory featuring William Optics 132 & 110 refractors on a Celestron CGE mounting, all housed in an observatory with a rotating dome.
When he’s not observing the night sky from his observatory, Tim is most likely observing it from various other parts of the world!
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Astronomy Adventures and Vacations
Book Subtitle: How to Get the Most Out of Astronomy in Your Leisure Time
Authors: Timothy Treadwell
Series Title: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50002-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50000-3Published: 05 April 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50002-7Published: 29 March 2017
Series ISSN: 1431-9756
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6562
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 262
Number of Illustrations: 170 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Astronomy, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques