Home Theater Astronomy: Using a Real Telescope in a Virtual Sky to Find Deep Sky Objects (Renaix' Home Theater Deep Sky Program Book 1)
Book Details
Author(s)P. Messier Renaix
PublisherDelphinus Press
ISBN / ASINB004HO62XO
ISBN-13978B004HO62X8
Sales Rank2,797,587
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Use your home theater to locate deep sky objects with a real telescope in a virtual sky using the following:
1. A PC connected to your big screen TV or projector.
2. A small telescope.
3. A Kindle or other mobile device (iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android, or Mac laptop).
Because this virtual sky program is independent of the actual sky at any given moment, you can practice locating winter, summer, spring or fall deep sky objects during any season of the year, on cloudy nights, in large cities, under a full moon, during a blizzard or in broad daylight.
Home Theater Astronomy takes full advantage of the multi-platform capabilities of the Kindle. At the same time you are viewing a star map showing the location of a deep sky object on your mobile device or Kindle, you are observing a virtual sky that shows only the visible stars in your home theater. Reference Line Maps™ on the Kindle use imaginary lines between visible stars to guide you to invisible deep sky objects. After pointing your telescope, you can flip to the next image in the home theater to see exactly how accurately you pointed.
Without a telescope, you can still use this program in your home theater to learn the locations of deep sky objects. Several deep sky objects in Home Theater Astronomy can be seen as faint smudges in the actual sky..
1. A PC connected to your big screen TV or projector.
2. A small telescope.
3. A Kindle or other mobile device (iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android, or Mac laptop).
Because this virtual sky program is independent of the actual sky at any given moment, you can practice locating winter, summer, spring or fall deep sky objects during any season of the year, on cloudy nights, in large cities, under a full moon, during a blizzard or in broad daylight.
Home Theater Astronomy takes full advantage of the multi-platform capabilities of the Kindle. At the same time you are viewing a star map showing the location of a deep sky object on your mobile device or Kindle, you are observing a virtual sky that shows only the visible stars in your home theater. Reference Line Maps™ on the Kindle use imaginary lines between visible stars to guide you to invisible deep sky objects. After pointing your telescope, you can flip to the next image in the home theater to see exactly how accurately you pointed.
Without a telescope, you can still use this program in your home theater to learn the locations of deep sky objects. Several deep sky objects in Home Theater Astronomy can be seen as faint smudges in the actual sky..
