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Naked Eye Wonders: A Short Guide to the Stars as seen from Aotearoa New Zealand (4th Edition, 2005)
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NZ$ 12.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Paul Taylor
A lightweight pocket size guide to the stars of Aotearoa for travellers & backpackers. Fourth edition now in full colour and includes chapter about Matariki.
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Southern Night Sky Pocket Traveller
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NZ$ 8.00 each
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Author:
James Kavanagh
An introduction to prominent stars and constellations in the southern night sky in the form of a handy fold-out laminated card. Clear illustrations and a handy glow-in-the-dark feature makes the star charts simple and practical to use. Designed to be used as a star-finder, the charts highlight only the most prominent constellations and stars visible from cities throughout the Southern Hemisphere.
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Stars of the Southern Skies Star Chart
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NZ$ 15.00 each
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Author:
Andrew Goodfellow
A handy star chart of the night sky in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Eye on the Sky
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NZ$ 45.00 each
Hardback
Author:
Geoff Andersen
Eye on the Sky is all about optical telescopes - their history, operation, discoveries, development and future. Telescopes and their use in astronomy and surveillance are increasingly fascinating to people, yet few know much about them. This superb book provides easy-to-understand factual information, as well as an exciting glimpse into the future. It offers a clear explanation of how telescopes work and why the costs for building them can aptly be described as astronomical. In addition to the telescope's role in conventional astronomy, Dr Andersen describes telescopes used during the day (solar observatories), for detecting ripples in the fabric of space-time (gravitational wave detectors) and even for gathering extra-galactic particles (neutrino and gamma-ray observatories). As well as this, it looks at other uses for telescopes such as lidar, optical communications and space surveillance. The latter is something of great interest to ...
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Astronomy
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NZ$ 17.00 each
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Author:
James Muirden
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Bright Star : Beatrice Hill Tinsley Astronomer
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NZ$ 50.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Christine Cole Catley
Kiwi Beatrice Tinsley became a professor at Yale, and her work on the evolution of galaxies has affected scientific knowledge profoundly — yet she’s little known here today.
Michael King said of Tinsley’s life and work,
“This is one of our great stories, New Zealand’s and the world’s.”
Thanks to this book, we can reclaim and reacquaint ourselves with her.
First published 2006.
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Collins Stars and Planets Guide
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NZ$ 50.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Ian Ridpath
Previously entitled 'Collins Pocket Guide Stars and Planets', this classic guide to the night sky enters its fourth edition as part of the authoritative 'Collins Guide' series. A comprehensive guide to all the stars and celestial objects visible with the use of binoculars or an average-sized telescope, this fully revised edition features updated and extended text, improved sky charts, and new diagrams and photographs. Includes: / Unique yearly plantetary data, available as a downloadable web resource / Monthly sky maps of the northern and southern hemispheres, so you can identify constellations and bright stars from various latitudes throughout the year / Descriptions of all the 88 constellations and their stars opposite a specially prepared chart showing the constellation in relation to the surrounding skies / Detailed information on stars, nebulae, galaxies, the Moon and the Solar System / Practical advice on choosing and ...
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How to Gaze at the Southern Stars (The Ginger Series 02)
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NZ$ 25.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Richard Hall
Astronomer Richard Hall's engrossing account of the stars as seen from 'Down Under'. This personal tour of the night sky follows his popular series on New Zealand's National Radio.
'Fifty thousand years ago, a small family of our ancestors huddled around a campfire. Robbed of vision, they were vulnerable in the darkness; the night is the time of the predator. As they listened to the crackle of the fire and the sounds of the night, they looked upwards. What, they wondered, were those mysterious lights in the sky'
So begins astronomer Richard Hall's engrossing account of the stars as seen from 'Down Under'. Today scientists know a great deal about the universe we live in. Photos have even been taken of the planet Mars, 35 million miles away. But for most people it's all still a mystery. Richard Hall's personal tour of the night sky follows his popular series on New Zealand's National Radio. Hall is a founding member ...
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Night Skies Above New Zealand
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NZ$ 29.95 each
Paperback
Author:
Vicki Hyde
From the Matariki celebrations of the Maori new year to Captain Cook’s search for accurate longitude, people in Aotearoa/New Zealand have always looked to the skies.The book provides a thorough yet readable introduction to the skies of the southern hemisphere and current astronomical knowledge, from the formation of our solar system to the violent death of giant stars.
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Pocket Guide to Stars and Planets
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Dr Margaret Penston & Ian Morison
This is a practical guide to understanding the night sky and observing the heavenly bodies. It includes advice on binoculars and telescopes, observing the heavens, and a guide to observing the sky through the year, with star charts. It also features an A-list of the 50 most interesting astronomical objects to observe, featuring star maps for each.
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