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Tom Kerss

    Tom Kerss is een astronoom en wetenschapscommunicator met een passie voor stedelijke astronomie en astrofotografie. Zijn schrijven verkent de relatie tussen mensen en de nachtelijke hemel, en moedigt lezers aan om zich te verbinden met het universum. Hij streeft ernaar de kosmos toegankelijk te maken, zowel onder donkere luchten als in stedelijke omgevingen. Tevens presenteert hij een podcast die wekelijks inzicht biedt in wat er aan de nachtelijke hemel te zien is.

    The Times Stargazing
    Moongazing
    Northern Lights
    • The perfect gift for anyone with a desire to see the Northern Lights. Discover the incomparable beauty of the Northern Lights with this accessible guide for aspiring astronomers and seasoned night sky observers. Covers the essential equipment needed for observation and photography and full of stunning photographs.

      Northern Lights2021
      4,3
    • Moongazing

      • 96bladzijden
      • 4 uur lezen

      An in-depth guide for aspiring astronomers and Moon observers. Includes detailed Moon maps and covers the history of lunar observation and exploration, the properties of the Moon, its origin and orbit. Optimised for colour tablets, the images in this ebook are not best-suited for viewing on black and white devices. This is the ideal book for Moon observers covering essential equipment, and the key events to look out for. Detailed advice is given on how to choose a telescope and how to capture the Moon in sketches. Discover all you need to know about eclipses, blue moons, supermoons, conjunctions and occultations. A comprehensive section covers astrophotography using lenses, telescopes, Smartphones, including video and how to process your images. Comes with a photographic atlas of lunar features with plates and annotated maps. A glossary of key terms, index of lunar features and software references are also provided.

      Moongazing2018
      4,0