E-Book Overview
This new series is designed especially for practical amateur astronomers who not only want to observe, but want to know the details of exactly what they are looking at. Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system, and the only one with a spectacular ring system that is easily visible from Earth. Saturn is a gas-giant, a huge world dominated by its rings and a retinue of moons. It is probably the most commonly observed and imaged planet for amateur astronomers, because it is always changing - the moons move visibly in the course of an hour, the weather systems on the planet change, and the orientation of the ring alters this way and that.
The concept of the book - and the series - is to present an up-to-date detailed description (part one); and then (part two) to consider how best to observe and record the planet, its moons and its ring system successfully.
''Saturn and How to Observe It'' is a mine of information for all levels of amateur observers, from the beginner to the experienced.
E-Book Content
Astronomers’ Observing Guides Other titles in this series Double and Multiple Stars and How to Observe Them James Mullaney The Moon and How to Observe It Steven R. Coe Related titles Field Guide to the Deep Sky Objects Mike Inglis Deep Sky Observing Steven R. Coe The Deep-Sky Observer’s Year Grant Privett and Paul Parsons The Practical Astronomer’s Deep-Sky Companion Jess K. Gilmour Observing the Caldwell Objects David Ratledge Choosing and Using a Schmitt-Cassegrain Telescope Rod Mollise Julius Benton Saturn and How to Observe It With 96 Figures, 86 in Full Color Dr. Julius L. Benton, Jr. BS, MS, PhD. Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society Association Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) Saturn Section Wilmington Island Savannah, 6A 31410 USA