26 February 2018
A Sky Wonderful with Stars – 50 years of modern astronomy on Maunakea
... “several years of additional effort”. Among its contributions to astronomy was the discovery of the first object (designated QB1) ...another telescope on their ‘sacred mountain’. Anyone who likes astronomy will like this book, and there is even a small...
26 February 2018
Astronomy Photographer of the Year (Collection 5)
... by the images that reached the respective shortlist. The book succeeds on several levels. For anyone interested in astronomy, it’s an obvious hit because it illustrates their subject in an immediate and easily accessible way. And for those into...
01 October 2019
Cosmic Discovery: the Search, Scope and Heritage of Astronomy
...cosmic backyard. So why republish now? The author – astronomy professor at Cornell and director of Washington’s National Air...appendices, references and an unusual ‘glossary/index’. For an astronomy text it’s a bit short on illustrations, but, as ...
04 June 2020
Mega constellations and their impact on astronomy
...to cause a negative impact on the progress of ground based astronomy, but it will also require diverting human and financial resources... much happier. By Brian Sheen Brian Sheen teaches GCSE astronomy in schools and colleges and has spent six years on...
19 February 2018
Stargazing: Beginners Guide to Astronomy
... is everything you’d expect from a beginner’s guide to astronomy in a small, dense and very affordable package. Although some... back cover bills it as, ‘The perfect beginners guide to Astronomy’ and, while one usually takes such publishing hype with a...
November 2019
UAE meteor and debris monitoring network
... for scientific importance and for planetary defence Monitoring meteors is an essential aspect in the field of space and astronomy due to the scientific importance those meteors hold when they are collected as meteorites. By studying this natural...
