Astronomy Adventures and Vacations
How to Get the Most Out of Astronomy in Your Leisure Time
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This astronomy travel guide examines the many wonderful opportunities for experiencing the observing hobby. Amateur astronomy is often consigned to observing from home or from a local park, yet it can be much more. Tim Treadwell explores all the possibilities of astronomical and space-related activities that are available on day trips and longer vacations. These activities range from observatory visits and other simple ways to build an astronomy event into a holiday, to full blown specialized astronomy travel.
Many trips give the opportunity to visit some of the world’s famous attractions. On most vacations it can be a matter of just taking a day (or night) out of your schedule to fit in an astronomy event, but larger, dedicated pilgrimages are also possible. How to make the most of astronomy potential on a holiday, whether observing on the beach in Hawaii with the Telescope Guy or visiting Star City in Russia, is covered in detail. Go to a star party, explore the national parks or see the northern lights! There are a wide variety of activities for all budgets described in this book.This astronomy travel guide examines the many wonderful opportunities for experiencing the observing hobby. Amateur astronomy is often consigned to observing from home or from a local park, yet it can be much more. Tim Treadwell explores all the possibilities of astronomical and space-related activities that are available on day trips and longer vacations. These activities range from observatory visits and other simple ways to build an astronomy event into a holiday, to full blown specialized astronomy travel.
Many trips give the opportunity to visit some of the world’s famous attractions. On most vacations it can be a matter of just taking a day (or night) out of your schedule to fit in an astronomy event, but larger, dedicated pilgrimages are also possible. How to make the most of astronomy potential on a holiday, whether observing on the beach in Hawaii with the Telescope Guy or visiting Star City in Russia, is covered in detail. Go to a star party, explore the national parksor see the northern lights! There are a wide variety of activities for all budgets described in this book.Includes over 100 suggestions for astronomy and space-related activities Features both casual local observing and far-flung destination trips Enables amateur astronomers to get the most out of any holiday vacation
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Timothy Treadwell
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Astronomy Observing in Hawaii Astronomy Trips Aurora Trips Dark Sky Trips National Park Observing Observatories to Visit Observing Trips Travel for Dark Sky Observing Travel for Northern Lights Travel in Florida for Space Events
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“The well-illustrated text briefly covers many topics: telescope shops, magazines, planetariums, science museums, and observatories. … Summing Up: Recommended. General readers.” (M.-K. Hemenway, Choice, Vol. 55 (1), September, 2017)
“The book lists numerous space-related tourist attractions, from museums and NASA visitor centres to working observatories that are open to the public. … this is an impressively well-researched book on a fascinating and unique subject … . Definitely recommended for anyone who’s interested in astronomy and looking for an excuse to get out and about!” (Popular Science, popsciencebooks.blogspot.de, April, 2017)()