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Star Hunters

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Author: Dennis Mamana

The quest to discover the secrets of the universe. Star Hunters is an exciting journey through time and space. You’ll find beautiful photography, insightful historical notes, and up-to-date scientific information, makes Star Hunters the complete story of our links to the sky.

Gaze into the night sky with Nicolaus Copernicus, or journey to Saturn with Voyager 2 mission team. In Star Hunters you’ll meet the men and women whose inventions and discoveries have expanded our knowledge of the universe. From the efforts of the Chinese and Greeks through the revolutionary work of Einstein and beyond, here is the rich history of astronomy. Featuring a lively text, beautiful colour photographs, current scientific information, and predictions for the twenty-first century, Star Hunter is the story of history’s celestial explorers and a complete guidebook to the exciting, ever-changing world of astronomy.

Space Places

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Author: Roger Ressmeyer

Space Places is the photographic record of an extraordinary 20-year odyssey to those special places where our fascination with the universe has caused us to push ourselves and our technology almost beyond the limits of imagination.

The book contains numerous photos of:

– Shuttle launches, space activities

– Planets

– Satellites

– Chinese rockets and satellites

– Russian cosmonauts and rockets

– Amazing photos of the stars and other astronomical events

Apart from the photographs the book contains a wealth of information that would interest the astronomer and space enthusiast.

Roving Mars

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Author: Steve Squyers

Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet.

It’s the age-old question: Is there life on Mars? Steve Squyres, lead scientist of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission, sets out to answer that question and relates his findings in this riveting first-person narrative account, now in paperback.
Steve Squyres is the face and voice of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission. Squyres dreamed up the mission in 1987, saw it through from conception in 1995 to a successful landing in 2004, and serves as the principal scientist of its $400 million payload. He has gained a rare inside look at what it took for Rovers Spirit and Opportunity to land on the red planet in January 2004–and knows first-hand their findings.

Zone System for Astro Imaging

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Author: Ron Wodaski

The NewAstro Zone System gives astro imagers the tools they need to master Photoshop for imagine processing. These techniques apply to astro CCD cameras, digital cameras, and even film scans.

The Zone System shows you how to handle color, use Curves and Levels, and the book is filled with tutorials and Photoshop tips.

Best Processing Methods for Film Scans, Digital Cameras, and CCD Astro Cameras. Features Photoshop CS/CS2.

Moon

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Author: Scott Montgomery

The book traces the story of our relationship with our nearest neighbor. Ancient mythology clothed the Moon in mystery; mathematics and philosophy showed us that it was a satellite in a system subject to natural laws; telescopes revealed its face in detail; and the Space Race and the Apollo program made the ancient dream of reaching the Moon a reality. Gene Cernan (Commander Apollo 17 & last man to walk on the Moon) had an input into the contents of this book.

The Invisible Universe Revealed

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Author: Gerrit Verschuur

The Story of Radio Astronomy – Hidden from human view, accessible only to sensitive receivers attached to huge radio telescopes, the invisible universe beyond our senses continues to fascinate and intrigue our imaginations. Closer to home, in the Milky Way galaxy, radio astronomers listen patiently to the ticking of pulsars that tell of star death and states of matter of awesome densities. All of this happens out there in the universe hidden from our eyes, even when aided by the Hubble Space Telescope. This is the story of radio astronomy, of how radio waves are generated by stars, supernova, quasars, colliding galaxies and by the very beginnings of the universe itself. The author discusses what radio astronomers are doing in the New Mexico desert, in a remote valley in Puerto Rico, and in the green Pocahontas Valley in West Virginia, as well as dozens of other remote sites around the world. With each of these observatories, the scientists collect and analyze their data, “listening” to the radio signals from space in order to learn what, or perhaps who, is out there as well. The author specifically highlights enormous changes that have occurred in the field over the past 50 years, including the political reality of radio astronomy and what that could mean for the future.