e-branch
Login
My List - 0
Help
Home
My Account/Renew Loans
Community Info
KidSearch
New Catalogue!
Search
Advanced
By Format
By Number
My Searches
Can't Find it?
Find Magazine Articles & more
Problems?
Search:
Call Number
Item Barcode
Bib Number
ISBN/ISSN
Refine Search
> You're searching:
Halifax Public Libraries
Item Information
Copy / Holding Information
More Content
Subjects
Cosmology -- Juvenile literature.
Astronomical observatories -- Juvenile literature.
Telescopes -- Juvenile literature.
Browse Catalog
by title:
Observatories on Ear...
by call number:
522.1 O14
Search the Web
Cosmology -- Juvenile literature.
Astronomical observatories -- Juvenile literature.
Telescopes -- Juvenile literature.
MARC Display
Observatories on Earth / [writer: Darlene Stille].
World Book, c2010.
Call #:
522
.1
O14
Subjects
Cosmology -- Juvenile literature.
Astronomical observatories -- Juvenile literature.
Telescopes -- Juvenile literature.
Series
Explore the universe.
ISBN:
9780716695530
0716695537
Description:
64 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 27 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.
Contents:
How did ancient people use observatories? -- Focus on: ancient observatories -- Focus on: Chich©♭n Itz©Ł: architecture and the gods -- How do modern observatories differ from ancient observatories? -- Why are many observatories round with a dome? -- Why are many observatories on mountains? -- What kinds of telescopes are used in observatories? -- How far out in space and back in time can telescopes see? -- What do astronomers study using ground-based observatories? -- What is an optical telescope? -- Focus on: Keck Observatory: at the edge of the heavens -- What are magnification and resolving power? -- Who invented the first optical telescopes? -- Focus on: new moons, new wonders -- How does a refracting telescope work? -- Focus on: the pursuit of light -- Who invented the first reflecting telescope? -- How does a reflecting telescope work? -- How does a reflecting-refracting telescope work? -- How do telescopes make images? -- How do astronomers use computers to create astronomical images? -- Why are there different types of telescope mirrors? -- What is light pollution? -- What have ground-based observatories taught us about the solar system? -- What have ground-based observatories taught us about the larger universe? -- Focus on: Kitt Peak Observatory: an astronomical oasis -- What does the future hold for ground-based observatories?
Summary:
An introduction to observatories on Earth with information about their history and use. Includes diagrams, fun facts, glossary, resource list, and index.
Other authors:
Stille, Darlene R.
World Book, Inc.
Holds:
0
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Item type
Status
Due Date
Alderney Gate Public Library
Children's Nonfiction
522.1 O14
Childrens Books
Checked out
Aug 01, 2024
Add Copy to MyList
Captain William Spry Public Library
Children's Nonfiction
522.1 O14
Childrens Books
Checked out
Jul 13, 2024
Add Copy to MyList
Central Library
Children's Nonfiction
522.1 O14
Childrens Books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.