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Star-Hopping: Your Visa to Viewing the Universe Robert A. Garfinkle
Star-Hopping: Your Visa to Viewing the Universe
Robert A. Garfinkle
Presents the technique of star-hopping, or using the brighter stars and asterisms as guideposts on celestial paths to fainter stars or celestial objects. Twelve monthly star-hops form the heart of the book. The book covers such techniques as reading star charts, finding celestial directions, telescope types, and selecting and using light pollution reduction filters.
360 pages, 126 b/w illus. 13 tables
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 13, 1997 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521598897 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 360 |
| Dimensions | 189 × 246 × 23 mm · 640 g |
| Language | English |