An affordable video-course of astronomy using the free Stellarium program (available for download from www.stellarium.org) on ••DVD is almost 2 hours of basic concepts of astronomy, cosmology and astronomical observation.
Publisher description:
When we talk with friends about astronomy, we often cross the boundaries of science, smoothly passing into the sphere of psychology or religion. For how to rationally explain the phenomenon of infinity or the size of the cosmos. As of today, such concepts go beyond the possibility of meeting people, but they provoke extremely interesting discussions and deliberations.
On the other hand, a large part of the knowledge about planets, stars, galaxies and even the beginning of the Universe known to us is now available to most people. The telescope, which Galileo has devoted to a significant part of his life, is now achievable for several hundred zlotys, and possesses optical parameters that the discoverer of the Jovian moons did not even dream about. Because of this, astronomy has become for some fields of knowledge, and for others a hobby. It is often just these hobbies in local communities that jointly discover the vastness of the sky.
We want to invite you to such an amazing adventure today. In a video astronomy course using the free Stellarium program, you'll learn how to start exploring the sky from the bottom up. Regardless of the weather and the observational equipment you have, we will show you the sky, which will become more understandable and close to you today.
• software download (duration: 2 minutes, 59 seconds)
• travels in time and space (duration: 4 minutes, 12 seconds)
Earth seen through the eyes of Neil Armstrong in 1969 (duration 4 minutes 44 seconds)
• position of objects: azimuthal mesh (duration: 3 minutes, 31 seconds)
• location of objects: equatorial net (right ascension, declination) (duration 5 min. 10 sec.)
• meteors (duration 8 min 23 sec)
• the largest swarms of meteors - a table
• magnitude (duration 5 min 50 sec)
• astronomical units, the size of the Universe (duration: 9 minutes, 6 seconds)
• spectral type (duration 10 min 43 sec)
• spectral type - HR diagram
• constellations (duration 4 min 49 sec)
binoculars - observation capabilities (duration: 4 minutes, 10 seconds)
• telescope parameters (duration: 6 minutes, 17 seconds)
• Moon (duration 9 min 52 sec)
• interactive map of the moon - phases, sea, mountains and impact craters
• double stars (duration: 3 minutes, 21 seconds)
• observation of the Sun (duration: 3 minutes, 22 seconds)
• observation of the Sun - projection method
• planets (duration: 6 minutes, 6 seconds)
• • eclipses (duration 3 minutes, 3 seconds)
• artificial satellites (duration: 3 minutes, 19 seconds)
• comets (duration: 4 minutes, 36 seconds)
• Messier catalog (duration 1 minute 34 seconds)
• galaxies (duration: 2 minutes, 27 seconds)
• nebulae (duration: 2 minutes, 15 seconds)
• phylum (duration 1 min 37 sec)
Format: DVD
Total duration of videos: 1 hour 51 minutes 26 seconds
ISBN number: 978-83-61362-38-8