Human Vision and The Night Sky: How to Improve Your Observing Skills

by Michael P. Borgia

This book brings the challenge and fun back to a hobby that goes stale far too quickly for many budding amateur astronomers. The book begins with teaching astronomers to use their most important astronomy tool, their eyes. It discusses how to select the right telescope, and subsequent chapters take the readers on a tour of the solar system as they have never viewed it before… through their own eyes. Each chapter includes a series of observing challenges that will entertain and push the reader to continually higher levels of achievement.

Genres: Astronomy

304 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 2006

Reviews

[Hemant · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is really an awesome book for astronomer of any level whether armchair or field astronomer. I learned a lot from it starting from dark adaption, vision prevention, ocular health, telescopes, various other instruments, solar observation, physics behind stellar stuff, messier objects and what not. Upon that everything is very practical way.

Author's work is really praiseworthy!!