Astronomers
The Observing Guide to the Messier Marathon
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Offers advice, illustrations, and celestial maps to aid astronomers seeking to complete the Messier marathon, a tradition which attempts to locate, in one night, the 110 galaxies, star clusters, and nebulae cataloged by the French astronomer some Copyrigh
Scientific American's The Amateur Astronomer
From the longest running column in Scientific American's history comes this collection of fascinating projects for amateur astronomers.
The Astronomer's Chronograph.
This is the chronograph that tracks the phases of the moon, moonrise, moonset, sunrise, sunset, and more, allowing amateur astronomers to plan for the best viewing conditions for observations.
Umar Khayyam Jewelry Box
Umar Khayyam Jewelry Box Description: Umar Khayyam was a great scientist, astronomer, philosopher, and a versatile poet of the 11th century A.D. He was chief astronomer of the royal observatory of King Malik Shah, and a scholar at one of the most prestigious colleges of his time.
Handmade Sculpture Wood Jewelry Box
Handmade Sculpture Wood Jewelry Box Description: Umar Khayyam was a great scientist, astronomer, philosopher, and a versatile poet of the 11th century A.D.
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
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A young boy is the narrator of Walt Whitman's poem When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer in this picture book version. Clutching a toy rocket, he is taken by his parents to see an astronomer lecture about the proofs, the figures...the charts and the d...