Finding a million-star hotel [electronic resource] : an astro-tourist's guide to dark sky places / Bob Mizon.
Mizon, Bob, 1946- author.
2016
QB500
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Title Finding a million-star hotel [electronic resource] : an astro-tourist's guide to dark sky places / Bob Mizon.
Author Mizon, Bob, 1946- author.
ISBN 9783319338552 (electronic book)
3319338552 (electronic book)
9783319338545
Published Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xvii, 322 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number QB500
Dewey Decimal Classification 523.1
Summary Finding a Million-Star Hotel explores the modern phenomenon of astro-tourism, the efforts by increasing numbers of people to find nearby and distant locations where they can see the real night sky so often hidden by light pollution. Astronomer Bob Mizon directs readers to dark sky sites in the United Kingdom, the United States, and a few further afield. This is more than just a hotel guide with links for accommodation at or near the locations. There are chapters on choosing telescopes and binoculars, on celestial objects astro-tourists can look for in the night sky, and an investigation into the causes of the skyglow that veils our view of the stars. Most of those who go seeking the stars are not professional astronomers. This book is aimed at those observers with limited knowledge of the night sky who are eager to explore and enjoy it. Even those contemplating setting up astro-themed hotels, campsites, or astronomy events can benefit from reading this book and from the advice included on how to equip such places, stargazing etiquette and star-friendly lighting.
Note Includes index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 14, 2016).
Series Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series.
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Introduction
Chapter 1: Dark-Sky Places
Chapter 2: Invasion of the townies
Chapter 3: Night-sky-friendly centres, hotels and campsites in the UK and the USA
Chapter 4: What's in the sky?
Chapter 5: The star-hunter's kit
Chapter 6: Stargazing etiquette
Chapter 7: Hosting astro-tourism
Chapter 8: Light pollution
Appendix 1: List (at July 2015) of International Dark Sky Places and when established
Appendix 2: Extracts from the conclusions and recommendations of the UK's Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, Artificial Light in the Environment, 2009
Appendix 3: Night Sky Guides
Glossary of terms
Bibliography
Index.

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