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Have you ever wanted to explore the night sky but didn't know how to get started? Discovering the universe can be a daunting hobby when you first begin. Finding out what you need and how you go about observing the cosmos is not immediately obvious. But through a career spanning 40 years as a science communicator, Rod Somerville takes you on a journey that bridges the gap between being a complete novice to that of a keen amateur. Offering inspiration, insight, and information in easy to understand language, he makes the universe accessible to everyone. Along the way you will discover:…mehr

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Have you ever wanted to explore the night sky but didn't know how to get started? Discovering the universe can be a daunting hobby when you first begin. Finding out what you need and how you go about observing the cosmos is not immediately obvious. But through a career spanning 40 years as a science communicator, Rod Somerville takes you on a journey that bridges the gap between being a complete novice to that of a keen amateur. Offering inspiration, insight, and information in easy to understand language, he makes the universe accessible to everyone. Along the way you will discover: everything you need to know about telescopes to get started, what to do if you see a UFO, why the stars and planets move the way they do in our sky, how and what you can easily observe in the solar system, and why we can make constellations from the stars. If you ever find yourself looking at the stars and wanting to discover more about the universe, then this full colour version of the best selling book is the one for you.
Autorenporträt
Rod Somerville is a newspaper columnist, radio presenter, guest speaker and walking astronomical encyclopedia. What began in an outer suburb of Sydney as an obsession with science fiction at the age of 10, morphed into a life of showing the universe to anyone who would stop and listen all around Australia. With degrees in Physics and Mathematics, Rod has worked as a science educator for over 40 years. He established and ran a public observatory at Uluru in Central Australia for several years and since returning to the east coast has been actively involved in the public education of science wherever he has gone. Rod is currently the President of Orange Planetarium Incorporated where he is in the process of establishing a planetarium in his adopted town of Orange, NSW.