Professor Raman Prinja

Wonders of the Night Sky

Astronomy starts with just looking up
Illustrator: Bielecki, Jan

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Produktbeschreibung

Inviting all who dare to wonder - come navigate the spectacular treasures of the night sky visible to the naked eye, with bestselling and award-winning author Professor Raman Prinja's inspiring look into our galaxy and beyond, published in association with Royal Observatory Greenwich

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hachette Children's Group
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 212mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 316g
• ISBN-13: 9781526312198
• ISBN-10: 1526312190
• Artikelnr.: 59991220

Autorenporträt

Professor Raman Prinja, illustrated by Jan Bielecki

Inhaltsangabe

1. 1: FOREWORD
2. 2: Preparing for the night sky
3. 3: EXPLORING STARS:
4.
* 1: Variety of stars
* 2: Constellations of the northern hemisphere
* 3: Orion close-up
* 4: Constellations of the southern hemisphere
* 5: Carina close-up
* 6: ASTRONOMY CATCH-UP: Life cycles of stars
5. 4: EXPLORING PLANETS:
6.
* 1: Spotting the planets
* 2: Planet highlights
* 3: ASTRONOMY CATCH-UP: Solar system tour
7. 5: EXPLORING THE MOON:
8.
* 1: Phases of the Moon
* 2: Surface of the Moon
* 3: Moon landing sites
* 4: Eclipse of the Moon
* 5: ASTRONOMY CATCH-UP: Origins and features of the Moon
9. 6: EXPLORING ROCKY LEFTOVERS:
10.
* 1: Meteor showers
* 2: Asteroids
* 3: Comets
* 4: ASTRONOMY CATCH-UP: Comet origins
11. 7: EXPLORING AURORAE:
12.
* 1: Northern and Southern Lights
* 2: ASTRONOMY CATCH-UP: The Sun-Earth connection
13. 8: EXPLORING HUMAN-MADE WONDERS:
14.
* 1: Satellite hunting
* 2: ASTRONOMY CATCH-UP: Space junk
15. 9: EXPLORING GALAXIES:
16.
* 1: The Milky Way
* 2: ASTRONOMY CATCH-UP: Our home galaxy
* 3: Andromeda and the Magellanic Clouds
* 4: ASTRONOMY CATCH-UP: Main galaxy types
17. 10: ACTIVITIES:
18.
* 1: Sun, Earth and Moon orrery
* 2: Making craters on the Moon
19. 11: GLOSSARY
20. 12: FIND OUT MORE
21. 13: INDEX