Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars (Paperback)

~ David Chandler (Author)

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In a joint review with Guy Otwell's To Know the Stars
"These books complement each other; each is a guide to the night sky, visually of immediate and lasting help, pedagogically no less than gifted...

"If you know your way a little with unaided eye about the night sky, the next step is the use of a good pair of binoculars. A steady hand makes a powerful aid to astronomical exploration out of the same instrument someone uses by day for watching football or seeking birds. The Galilean wonders appear: the moon's craters, Jupiter's four moons, the pahses of Venus, swarms of stars in open clusters such as the Pleiades. All the best (northern) sights are nicely mapped and described here, with the season for each, and the paintings quite accurately evoke just what you will see. A dark sky is the most difficult requirement for the marvelous sight of several external galaxies...." -- Scientific American, December 1984 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description

This is a beginners introduction to the night sky and how to observe. Non-intimidating, yet clearly written for lay readers from older children to adults, this guide presents a basic fundamental understanding of celestial motion and describes types of objects that can be seen with binoculars.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 44 pages
• Publisher: David Chandler Co. (January 1, 1995)
• ISBN-10: 189193810X
• ISBN-13: 978-1891938108
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,370,415 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Should have been included free with the product it's pushing, August 7, 2007

By	Bob Nolin (Bethel Park, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: Exploring The Night Sky With Binoculars (Paperback)

For the price, this is a very slim offering. Some nice information, great illustrations, but it's barely a pamphlet. And it spends a good amount of its ink telling us how we really should buy the author's planisphere. This little 'book' should have been included with the plainisphere. That would have made a nice package -- one I'd gladly have paid for. As it is, I just feel ripped off.

If you own NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe, save your money. Dicknson's book has great star charts, and they point out which objects make good binocular subjects.

A disappointment.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for beginning astronomers!, June 30, 1998

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This review is from: Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars (Paperback)

Exploring the Night Sky is great at sparking interest in atronomy.

While this book offers clear and useful guidance, you won't need a college course just to understand the terminology or an expensive model of telescope to make use of it.

Exploring the Night Sky With Binoculars is perfectly suited to helping beginners experience and *enjoy* the stars!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good, July 19, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars (Paperback)

Took me quite a while to outgrow this little book and I still come back to it every now and then. Even if you don't intend to seriously dive into astronomy, this book provides a good guide for an occasional backyard outing with a pair of binoculars.