TY  - BOOK
AU  - North,Gerald
TI  - Observing the moon: the modern astronomer's guide 
SN  - 9780511290541
AV  - QB581 .N67 2007eb
U1  - 523.3 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Astronomy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Himmelsbeobachtung
KW  - gnd
KW  - Mond
KW  - swd
KW  - Moon
KW  - Observers' manuals
KW  - Observations
KW  - Lune
KW  - Manuels d'observation
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Handbooks and manuals
N1  - Previous edition: 2000; Includes index; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; 1; "Magnificent desolation" --; 1.1; An orbiting rock-ball --; 1.2; Phases and eclipses --; 1.3; Solar eclipses --; 1.4; Gravity and tides --; 1.5; More about the motions of the Moon -- libration --; 1.6; Co-ordinates on the surface of the Moon --; 1.7; Occultations --; 2; The Moon through the looking glass --; 2.1; The Moon in focus --; 2.2; The pioneering selenographers --; 3; Telescopes and drawing boards --; 3.1; What type of telescope do you need? --; 3.2; How big a telescope do you need? --; 3.3; So, what telescope should I spend my money on? --; 3.4; Eyepiece characteristics --; 3.5; Specific eyepiece types and magnification --; 3.6; Making the best of what you have --; 3.7; Drawing the Moon; 4; The Moon in camera --; 4.1; Some basic principles of CCD astrocameras and digital cameras --; 4.2; Practical CCD astrocameras and digital cameras --; 4.3; The imaging area of a CCD camera when used on your telescope, or with an attached camera lens --; 4.4; Image scale using the supplied lenses on a '35mm format' DSLR --; 4.5; practical lunar photography through the telescope -- at the principal focus --; 4.6; The potential resolution of detail in the image --; 4.7; Enlarging the telescope's primary image --; 4.8; Image processing --; 5; Stacking up the Moon --; 5.1; The Moon and your domestic video camera --; 5.2; The benefits of stacking selected images --; 5.3; manually stacking individual frames --; 5.4; The webcam revolution --; 5.5; Your webcam and computer --; 5.6; The webcam's first night on your telescope --; 5.7; Stacking the images using RegiStax --; 5.8; Processing the stacked image in RegiStax --; 5.9; Striving for the best results; 6; The physical Moon --; 6.1; The first lunar scouts --; 6.2; Men on the Moon --; 6.3; The post-Apollo Moon --; 6.4; Not green cheese but ... --; 6.5; Genesis of the Moon --; 6.6; The Moon's structure --; 6.7; The evolution of the Moon -- a brief overview --; 6.8; Lunar chronology --; 6.9; Filling in the details --; 7; Lunarware --; 7.1; Out-of-print books --; 7.2; Books currently in print --; 7.3; Printed maps, charts and atlases --; 7.4; Some useful website addresses concerning equipment and techniques --; 7.5; Consolidated Lunar Atlas, LUnar Orbiter Photographic Atlas, Apollo Image Atlas and Ranger photographs online --; 7.6; Clementine, Lunar Prospector and SMART-1 images and data online --; 7.7; Virtual Moon atlas --; 7.8; Lunar ephemerides --; 7.9; Key map for chapter 8; 8; 'A to Z' of selected lunar landscapes --; 8.1; Agarum, promontorium --; 8.2; Albategnius --; 8.3; Alpes, Vallis --; 8.4; Alphonsus --; 8.5; Apenninus, Montes --; 8.6; Ariadaeus, Rima --; 8.7; Aristarchus --; 8.8; Aristoteles --; 8.9; Bailly --; 8.10; Bullialdus --; 8.11; Cassini --; 8.12; Clavius --; 8.13; Copernicus --; 8.14; Crisium, Mare --; 8.15; Endymion --; 8.16; Fra Mauro --; 8.17; Furnerius --; 8.18; 'Gruithuisen's lunar city' --; 8.19; Harbinger, Montes --; 8.20; Hevelius --; 8.21; Hortensius --; 8.22; Humorum, Mare --; 8.23; Hyginus, Rima --; 8.24; Imbrium, Mare --; 8.25; Janssen --; 8.26; Langrenus --; 8.27; Maestlin R --; 8.28; Messier --; 8.29; Moretus --; 8.30; Nectaris, Mare --; 8.31; Neper --; 8.32; Pitatus --; 8.33; Plato --; 8.34; Plinius --; 8.35; Posidonius --; 8.36; Pythagoras --; 8.37; Ramsden --; 8.38; Regiomontanus --; 8.39; Russell --; 8.40; Schickard --; 8.41; Schiller --; 8.42; Sirsalis, Rimae --; 8.43; 'Straight Wall' (Rupes Recta) --; 8.44; Theophilus --; 8.45; Torricelli --; 8.46; Tycho --; 8.47; Wargentin; 8.48; Wichmann --; 8.49; Webcam gallery --; 9; TLP or not TLP? --; 9.1; The mystery unfolds --; 9.2; Categories of TLP --; 9.3; The mystery continues --; 9.4; What might be the cause(s) of TLP? --; 9.5; Possible causes of bogus TLP --; 9.6; TLP observing programme --; Appendix 1 : Telescope collimation --; Appendix 2 : Field-testing a telescope's optics --; Appendix 3 : Polar alignment --; Index
N2  - Provides background knowledge of the Moon and lunar observation and offers practical advice for novice and experienced astronomers on the best ways to observe the moon
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