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AstroMax
Books on Astronomy
RASC Observer's
Handbook 2006
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97th Year of Publication.
Editor: Dr. Rajiv Gupta
Published by the University of Toronto Press for The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
ISSN 0080-4193
ISBN 0-9689141-4-4
304 pages, soft cover,
14cm x 21.5cm
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The Single Most
Useful Publication
for the Observational Astronomer
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The Observer's Handbook is a 304-page guide published annually
since 1907 by The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
Through its long tradition and the expertise of more than 40
contributors, the Observer's Handbook has come to be regarded
as the standard North American reference for data on the sky.
The material in the Handbook is of interest to professional
and amateur astronomers, scientists, teachers at all levels,
students, science writers, campers, scout and guide leaders,
as well as interested general readers. The Observer's Handbook
is an integral part of many astronomy courses at the secondary
and university levels, and it should be on the reference shelf
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The Single Most Useful Publication
for the Observational Astronomer
RASC Observer's Handbook 2006
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Observer's
Handbook 2006
From the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
The 5.5x8.5 inch 304 page RASC
Observer's Handbook contains authoritative astronomical information
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The various sections in the Observer's
Handbook are of two kinds:
astronomical events which occur during the current year, e.g. times
of sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset (for latitudes 20 to 62
degrees N), eclipses, location of the planets and bright asteroids,
returns of periodic comets, times of meteor showers, predictions of
occultations by the Moon and by asteroids, the orbital positions of
the brighter satellites of both Jupiter and Saturn, and predictions
of the cycles of many variable stars. There is a 24-page section
called “The Sky Month By Month” which gives an extensive listing of
events. Sections dealing with astronomical data and other
information which do not vary from year to year (although revisions
are made annually to ensure that the information is the best
available), e.g. orbital and physical data on the planets and their
satellites, astronomical and physical constants, some optical
properties of telescopes and binoculars, information on filters for
astronomical observing, light pollution and sky transparency, a
description of the various systems of specifying time, information
on the Sun including sunspots and aurorae, a list of meteorite
craters in Canada and the United States, advice on using the
Observer's Handbook for teaching astronomy, information on the
Gegenschein and zodiacal light, 40 pages of authoritative tables
dealing with stars, star clusters, nebulae
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