Stargazing

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Astronomy teaches patience and humility — and you had better be prepared to learn them. Not everything will work the first time. You'll hunt for some wonder in the depths and miss it, and hunt again, and miss it again. This is normal. But eventually, with increasing knowledge, you will succeed. Fire and Ice: the Volcanoes of the Solar System is a masterful geology lesson disguised in the excitement of fire, ice and alien worlds.

Binoculars show you a wide field of view, making it easy to find your way around. A higher-power telescope magnifies only a tiny, hard-to-locate bit of sky. This book is ideal for kids aged 5 to 10 years old. It is not meant to turn your child into an astronomy expert. It will help spark curiosity and a hunger to learn more. Older kids (or kids who are already fairly familiar with stargazing) may want a more detailed guide. 7. Star Finder!: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Night Sky Devoting whole chapters to spacecraft functionality and orbital mechanics, as well as stories of the training hours, routines and customs of the teams engaged in mission control, the book is somehow both referential and personal.How did it all begin? Is there other intelligent life in the Universe? Is time travel possible?” These are just a few of the big questions that Stephen Hawking discusses in his final book. Hawking does not simply give us one-word answers, but walks us through his own thinking and divergences on each subject. The language is easy to follow and each chapter’s length keeps you engaged. In places the book touches on some complicated physics, but you will never feel lost. There are many inspiring parts that will stay with you and shape the way you think about these big questions in the future. The pictures are accompanied by detailed descriptions that describe the objects’ position and then use that to find other nearby stars. You’ll also get interesting facts about the brightness and age, and even folklore. Have you ever stared at the sky (or the fuzzy images in your brand new telescope) and thought, “I have no clue what I’m looking at.”

The performance of binoculars is surprisingly respectable. Ordinary 7- to 10-power binoculars improve on the naked-eye view about as much as a good amateur telescope improves on the binoculars — for much less than half the price. Even lightweight binoculars will reveal hundreds of cosmic wonders, from lunar craters and double stars to galaxies millions of light-years away. Hollywood screenwriters often include a ‘save the cat’ scene early on, to give audiences empathy with their hero. Stephen Walker’s history of Yuri Gagarin’s spaceflight starts with a ‘save the dogs’ example. Leed Destellos, no importa la edad que tengáis, de pequeños a mayores, por sus valores, por la amistad tan bonita que refleja, y por ambas protagonistas, que son adorables. If you’re looking for an astronomy book with a lot of pictures and visual guides, this one’s for you. It has hundreds of drawings, charts and maps that will help you observe the night sky and understand what you see. I bring this up, because, Christine, in the story, is envious of Moon the same way, because unlike her family, where she is supposed to do well in school all the time, Moon can get away with getting Cs, and no one cares.

Do judge a book by its cover: this one is as gorgeous as it looks. Not only that, it contains the full glory of the cosmos in a language that’s simple and engaging enough for an eight year-old. This invaluable guide will appeal to anyone no matter their experience, the equipment they have (or not) or where they live. The story is beautifully told in a simple poetic style, capturing the awe felt by a tiny creature like a squirrel – or indeed a human – when confronted by the cosmos. Anni Betts’ accompanying artwork is wonderful and really comes to life when depicting our companion Cygnus and other glittering constellations.